1 [noncount] : the direction where the sun sets : the direction that is the opposite of east
▪ There's a beautiful pond to the west of the trail. ▪ We will be traveling into the city from the west. ▪ If that way is east, then this way is west. 2 the west or the West : regions or countries west of a certain point: such as a : the western part of the U.S.
▪ Floods have caused extensive damage in the West. ▪ Come explore the natural wonders of the American West. — see also wild west
b : North America and Western Europe
▪ policies foreign to the West
▪ There's a beautiful pond to the west of the trail. ▪ We will be traveling into the city from the west. ▪ If that way is east, then this way is west.
▪ Floods have caused extensive damage in the West. ▪ Come explore the natural wonders of the American West. — see also wild west
b : North America and Western Europe
▪ policies foreign to the West





