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# west

«west» in Mova's school dictionary: **the direction where the sun goes down in the evening** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the west); adjective (west, western); adverb (west, westward)

### meaning for a pupil

1) West is the direction where the sun goes down in the evening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#m1)

2) The West is a part of a country or the world in the west, like the American West. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#m2)

3) A west wind blows from the west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a direction of travel; distances in directions, east and west cancel partly. In geography: the four compass points north, east, south, west; maps have north at the top, so west is on the left. In stories: cowboys in the Wild West. Phrases: «to the west», «west of», «head west», «the West Coast», «the Wild West».

### examples

- He walked 3 km west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#x1)
- The town is 20 miles west of the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#x2)
- She drove east 10 miles and then west 4 miles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#x3)
- How far is she from home? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#x4)
- The sun sets in the west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#x5)
- On a map, west is on the left. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#x6)
- Perth is on the west coast of Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#x7)
- A strong west wind blew the leaves away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/#x8)

### note

Lower case for the direction («go west»), capital for a region name («the West», «West Africa»). Opposite of east. «Western» is the adjective: «western Canada». Maths: directions — going back the opposite way subtracts, the same way adds. Trap: east then west partly cancels (10 east then 4 west is 6 from home).

### In the corpora

- ["Went west" means died or was destroyed; it is old-fashioned British English.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/2-death-official-and-slang/18/)
- [The Sun rises roughly in the east and sets roughly in the west.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/16-landmarks/14/)
- [Mosquitoes can spread diseases such as West Nile virus and dengue in some places, so spray, long sleeves and nets matter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/252-heat-equipment-and-mosquitoes/19/)
- [«Proper job, son!» — West Country for «well done».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/438-funny-pranks/2/)
- [Her dad in Bristol said «Proper job, girl» — in the West Country that means «well done».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/447-the-fake-friend-online/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «west» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/west/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.