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western Definition

west·ern (wes′tərn)

adjective

  1. in, of, to, toward, or facing the west
  2. from the west a western wind
  3. of or characteristic of the West
  4. of the Western Church

Etymology: ME < OE westerne

noun

  1. westerner
  2. ☆ a film, book, etc. having a setting in the western U.S., esp. during the 19th-cent. period of development and expansion of the frontier

western Synonyms

western

modif.

  1. In or toward the west

    westward, westerly, occidental, in the west, on the west side, where the sun sets, facing west, from the east, westernly, westernmost, westbound, occidental.

    Antonyms eastern*, easterly*, oriental. *

  2. Usually capital; having characteristics of Western Civilization

    Grecian, Latin, Roman, American, European, Christian, Caucasian.

  3. Sometimes capital; having characteristics of the western part of the United States

    cowboy, middle-western, southwestern, far-western, in the sagebrush country, on the Western plains, in the wide open spaces, in the wild west, in the Rockies, in God's country, in the wild and woolly West*, out where the men are men*.

western Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • north: Their original homeland was northern Indiana, north eastern Illinois and north western Ohio.
  • south: In 1994, CARE assisted up to 10,000 Rwandan refugees in south western Uganda.
  • far: The item will appear at the far western side of the level.
  • very: Reached at the very western extreme of Highway 560 along Kauai's North Shore, about ten miles beyond Hanalei.
  • only: Of these the violin is the only western instrument to be wholy adopted into the music form.
  • so: Or so western media and Coalition authorities would have us believe.

Adjective modifier

  • many: The other star of Stagecoach is Utah's breathtakingly beautiful Monument Valley, made famous by Ford here and in many later westerns.
  • late: The other star of Stagecoach is Utah's breathtakingly beautiful Monument Valley, made famous by Ford here and in many later westerns.

Modifies a noun

  • edge: Located on the western edge of Penzance, Newlyn is home to the largest fleet of fishing boats in the South of England.
  • extremity: Toward its northern, southern and western extremities the Zetland country is mainly grass with stone walls, rails and hedges.
  • shore: Situated on the western shore of Windermere, Low Wray is the perfect base for a whole range of outdoor activities.
  • hemisphere: Children in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere.
  • coast: Ephesus was an ancient Greek city on the western coast of Asia Minor, now in Turkey.
  • civilization: Neither the NRPB nor ICNIRP nor the western civilization generally are heeding the message.

Used with adjective complement

  • unite: Each company for there auto insurance united western are no.
  • reach: Visitors can reach western Labrador along a partially paved highway from Baie Comeau, Québec.

Noun used with modifier

spaghetti: The spaghetti westerns were also shot in the Canary Islands at Sioux City in San Agustin.