Western

['west(ə)n] or ['wɛstɚn]

Definition

(noun.) a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development.

(noun.) a sandwich made from a western omelet.

(adj.) lying toward or situated in the west; 'our company's western office' .

(adj.) relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts; 'the Western world'; 'Western thought'; 'Western thought' .

(adj.) of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River; 'a Western ranch' .

Edited by Lelia--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean.

(a.) Moving toward the west; as, a ship makes a western course; coming from the west; as, a western breeze.

Edited by Kathleen

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Westerly, WEST.

Inputed by Brenda

Examples

The large and powerful engines on the Great Western Railway have, however, only two driving wheels, which are 8 feet in diameter. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
As yet only China knew of the Huns; there were no Turks in Western Turkestan or anywhere else then, no Tartars in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
The Bell Company fought alone against the Western Union, and it was a struggle of giants. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
The Eastern German front was more extended and less systematically entrenched than the Western. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
The East came to the Western capitals with perplexing demands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Over most of the area of Western Central Asia and Persia and Mesopotamia, the ancient distinction of nomad and settled population remains to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Are the lights at the tunnel and the western pass in order, Alexandros? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
It drew together all the known world, excepting only the western Mediterranean, into one drama. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
So that two mutually dangerous streams of anticipation were running through the minds of men in Western Europe towards the end of the war. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Some conception of the enormous scale upon which grain is raised in the Western States may be gotten from the dimensions of the farms. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
Author of HEAVY GAME OF THE WESTERN HIMALAYAS (1881); THREE MONTHS IN THE JUNGLE (1884). Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
From the close of 1915 onwards Russia was a source of deepening anxiety to her Western allies. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
While Alexander was overrunning Western Asia, China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
The stock was then selling at about 25, and in the later consolidation with the Western Union went in at about 60; so that the real purchase price was not less than $1,000,000 in cash. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
The western army had not yet been supplied with transportation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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