west

1. the direction towards the point of the horizon where the sun sets at the equinoxes, on the left-hand side of a person facing north, or the part of the horizon lying in this direction.

   the evening sun glowed from the west

   a patrol aimed to create a diversion to the west of the city

2. the western part of the world or of a specified country, region, or town.

   it will become windy in the west

3. the player sitting to the right of North and partnering East.

   West butts in with a bid of three spades

1. lying towards, near, or facing the west.

   the west coast

2. of or denoting the western part of a specified area, city, or country or its inhabitants.

   West Africa

1. to or towards the west.

   he faced west and watched the sunset

   the accident happened a mile west of Bowes

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German west, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hesperos, Latin vesper ‘evening’.