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West
/wɛst/
The direction in which the sun sets, opposite to east.
Synonyms:
occident
Antonyms:
east
Examples:
The route lay to the
west
.
They are getting money together so they can go out
west
.
The south and
west
shore principally."
Etymology:
From Old English
westan
, akin to Old High German
westan
, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European
wes-
, meaning
to go down, or setting (as of the sun)
.
Usage Statistics:
118 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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