(n.) The point in the heavens where the sun is seen to set at the equinox; or, the corresponding point on the earth; that one of the four cardinal points of the compass which is in a direction at right angles to that of north and south, and on the left hand of a person facing north; the point directly opposite to east.
(n.) A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.
(n.) The Westen hemisphere, or the New World so called, it having been discovered by sailing westward from Europe; the Occident.
(n.) Formerly, that part of the United States west of the Alleghany mountains; now, commonly, the whole region west of the Mississippi river; esp., that part which is north of the Indian Territory, New Mexico, etc. Usually with the definite article.
(a.) Lying toward the west; situated at the west, or in a western direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the west, or coming from the west; as, a west course is one toward the west; an east and west line; a west wind blows from the west.
(adv.) Westward.
(v. i.) To pass to the west; to set, as the sun.
(v. i.) To turn or move toward the west; to veer from the north or south toward the west.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sierra Leone is one of the three West Africa nations hit hard by an Ebola epidemic this year.
(2) 2.35pm: West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has admitted that a deal to land Miroslav Klose is unlikely to go through following the striker's star performances in South Africa.
(3) The west Africa Ebola epidemic “Few global events match epidemics and pandemics in potential to disrupt human security and inflict loss of life and economic and social damage,” he said.
(4) Having been knocked out of the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup before Christmas, they lost an FA Cup fourth-round replay at West Brom on 1 February.
(5) Whole-virus vaccines prepared by Merck Sharp and Dohme (West Point, Pa.) and Merrell-National Laboratories (Cincinnati, Ohio) and subunit vaccines prepared by Parke, Davis and Company (Detroit, Mich.) and Wyeth Laboratories (Philadelphia, Pa.) were given intramuscularly in concentrations of 800, 400, or 200 chick cell-agglutinating units per dose.
(6) This paper analyzes the nucleotide sequences of three viruses: Kunjin, west Nile, and yellow fever.
(7) Nor is this political fantasy: at the European elections in May, across 51 authorities in the north-west and north-east, Ukip finished ahead of Labour in 18 and as its main rival in 30.
(8) A reduction of salmonellae during the passage of the pump and pressure conduit-pipe, combining east- and west-side of Kiel fjord, could be seen.
(9) Officers arrested her last month during the protest against oil drilling by the energy firm Cuadrilla at Balcombe in West Sussex – a demonstration Lucas has attended several times.
(10) It is clear that the linking of the naming rights to West Ham United generates real cash value for the LLDC and the taxpayer.
(11) Many Cornish people believe the far south-west of England is a nation apart from the rest of Britain.
(12) "They couldn't understand until I said 'No, because I'm a big shot now, because I am in Wild Wild West and I have, like, 10 covers coming out, and I want a bigger part.'
(13) It was only up to jurors to decide if the hotel owner, West End Hotel Partners, and former operator, Windsor Capital Group, should share in the blame.
(14) However, the epidemiology and clinical course of AIDS are different in Africa and in the West.
(15) To a large extent, the failure has been a consequence of a cold war-style deadlock – Russia and Iran on one side, and the west and most of the Arab world on the other – over the fate of Bashar al-Assad , a negotiating gap kept open by force in the shape of massive Russian and Iranian military support to keep the Syrian regime in place.
(16) Rather than an off-plan Oxshott monster-mansion, he moved his family to an elegant Eaton Terrace townhouse in south-west London.
(17) Positive results were rather less common in black patients born in the tropics attending a genitourinary medicine in London and were similar to findings in blood donors in the West Indies.
(18) In north-west Copenhagen, among the quiet, graffiti-tagged streets of red-brick blocks and low-rise social housing bordering the multi-ethnic Nørrebro district, police continued to cordon off roads and search a flat near the spot where officers killed a man believed to be behind Denmark’s bloodiest attacks in over a decade.
(19) The Mexican-Americans of Starr County, Texas, classified by sex and birthplace, were studied to determine the extent of genetic variation and contributions from ancestral populations such as Spanish, Amerindian and West African.
(20) The Italian data seem to fall within the standard of the American (1979) and West German (1978) surveys.
Westwards
Definition:
(adv.) Toward the west; as, to ride or sail westward.
Example Sentences:
(1) But the foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, warned that it was not as simple as merely extending the attacks westward into Syria, because that could be seen as supporting President Bashar al-Assad.
(2) Many young people have never known a time when Habré was in Chad – he fled the country shortly after Idriss Déby's forces progressed westwards from Iriba, and eventually sought refuge in Senegal.
(3) Herd and animal prevalences were highest in the north and east decreasing westward.
(4) The theory is put forward that the Mongolian people living north of China and having constant fights with the Chinese have learnt the horseshoes with nails from the Chinese and that the Huns on their travel westwards have brought this type of horseshoe to Europa.
(5) "Once Israel announces it has no sovereignty claims east of the fence, most [settlers] will move westwards," said Orni Petruschka, co-chairman.
(6) The faith was brought to the islands by Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese explorer who served Spain's King Charles I in his quest for a westward route to the Spice Islands.
(7) The Bayda government called for further “consultation and co-ordination” to counter Islamic State control of the coastal city of Sirte and its push westwards towards Misrata and to the south towards Jufra.
(8) The wind will then spread north-westwards throughout the day with other areas seeing gusts of up to 40mph.
(9) The frequency of heterozygous strains (2 and 2a) decreases westwards and with increasing altitude.
(10) In 2012, a group of almost 100 recruits who believed they were heading to Sudan for Islamic studies were instead transported westwards across the Sahara to a terrorist training camp in Algeria, the official added.
(11) By Sunday night their Their rapid advance westwards is heading for the Libyan leader's home town and stronghold, Sirte, where two loud explosions were heard.
(12) The Quagga mussel ( Dreissena rostriformis bugensis ), which was found in the river Wraysbury on 1 October and can cover boat hulls and smother native mussels to death, is just one of a group of freshwater species that has been spreading westward from the Ponto-Caspian region in south-east Europe in recent years and which risk causing a “meltdown” as they invade Britain.
(13) The rate of growth was more in fowls which were exposed to repeated advancement of synchronizer schedule than the controls and those exposed to westward shifts of the synchronizer schedule.
(14) Main towns and villages include Holsworthy, Great Torrington, Hartland and Westward Ho!, The island of Lundy is administratively part of the district.
(15) Changes in sleep after westward flight; The sleep after returning home from east and after the flight from TYO to LDN was different from that in baseline nights in TYO, with decreased REM sleep latency, appearance of SOREMs and increased REM sleep.
(16) Soon the cats adapted to life with humans and, as farming spread westwards, the cats came with them.
(17) They built a lead of more than six minutes on the ride to Beverley but it began to tick down once they turned westwards after Norton and as they reached York the group splintered, with McNally left out in front with Belgian Bert De Backer (Giant-Alpecin).
(18) Nevertheless, by reaching out to a new generation of democratic political leadership and its westward leaning electorate, we serve our regional interests well."
(19) The buses will be sent to pick up the thousands of migrants at Budapest’s main railway terminus and about 1,200 people who are walking along the main westward motorway towards Austria, chief of staff János Lázár told a news conference.
(20) The Silk Road running westwards through China is studded with attractions: from Xi'An, home to the Terracotta Army, to the precious Buddhist art in the caves at Dunhuang and the oasis of Turfan, close to the ancient ruins of Jiaohe and Gaochang.