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# western

«western» in Mova's school dictionary: **in, from or towards the west: western Canada, a western wind** — 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

adjective (western, more western); noun (a western, westerns — a cowboy film or book)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Western means in, from or towards the west: western Canada, a western wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#m1)

2) Western (often «Western») describes the countries of Europe and North America and their way of life: Western culture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#m2)

3) A western is a film or story about cowboys in the American West in the 1800s. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, «western» uses compass directions (north, south, east, west): Western Australia is a state; the sun sets in the western sky. In history and culture, «the West» or «Western countries» often means Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Westerns are films with cowboys, horses and sheriffs. Phrases: western side, Western Australia, the western sky, Western countries, the Wild West.

### examples

- The sun sets in the western sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#x1)
- Perth is the capital of Western Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#x2)
- It rains more on the western side of the mountains. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#x3)
- Grandpa loves watching old westerns with cowboys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#x4)
- Western Ireland faces the Atlantic Ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#x5)
- A western wind blew from the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#x6)
- The sun was but a handsbreadth from the western edge of land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/western/#x7)

### note

Adjective: no «-er/-est»; use «more western» or «westernmost». Capital W for names (Western Australia) and often for «Western culture»; small w for direction. Note: a «western wind» or «westerly wind» blows from the west, not towards it.

### In the corpora

- [Some grandparents also count birthdays by the lunar calendar, which falls on a different Western date each year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/22-days-the-clock-and-birthdays/15/)
- [Because of the time difference, it's Saturday morning for Lily and Saturday evening in Perth, the big city of Western Australia.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/5/)
- [The empire was split into a western half ruled from Rome and an eastern half ruled from Constantinople.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/16-rome-the-fall-of-the-west-and-what-rome-left-us/10/)
- [The Reformation split western Christianity into Catholic and Protestant churches, which led to long wars and later to more religious freedom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation/11/)
- [Historians add that the Qing court was in fact curious about Western things but refused Britain's terms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/57-china-the-qing-and-the-opium-wars/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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