Word family noun west western westerner westerly westernization adjective west westerly western westbound westernized westward verb westernize adverb west westward(s)
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwesternwest‧ern1, Western /ˈwestən $ -ərn/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective (written abbreviation W) 1 SANSGin or from the west of a country or area the western end of the bay Western Australia2 relating to ideas and ways of doing things that come from Europe and the Americas Western philosophies → country and westernExamples from the Corpus
western• I had wanted to cross a relatively low pass at the western end of the range.• Woman-centred psychology is grounded in a particular woman-centred form of western feminism.• In western Iowa, there's not a whole lot to do.• In addition there is a large western lunette window.• The objectives of the western operations would have to be clearly defined from the start.• There was a son who was married and living in western Pennsylvania.• For hours we searched the forests on the western slopes - nothing.westernwestern2 noun [countable] AMFa film about life in the 19th century in the American West, especially the lives of cowboys► see thesaurus at movieExamples from the Corpus
western• But it's still a western.• Operation Condor contains shades of the Indiana Jones movies, westerns and B-grade adventures.• Barry Tubb is looking for a few cold bodies to appear in his new western.• It's a traditional western focused on the adventures of black cowboys.• This is not your typical western. 