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{
"term": "west",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/co/compasses.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the direction that you look towards to see the sun go down; one of the four main points of the compass",
"sensetop": "to the west (of…)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Which way is west?"
},
{
"text": "Rain is spreading from the west."
},
{
"text": "a west-facing window"
},
{
"text": "He lives to the west of *(= further west than)* the town.",
"contextForm": "to the west (of…)"
},
{
"text": "The train line facilitates travel between east and west."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the western part of a country, region or city",
"sensetop": "in the west",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The west of the country is especially popular with tourists."
},
{
"text": "Around 2 000 teachers from around the West of England attended the conference."
},
{
"text": "Elsewhere in the West, wet, unsettled weather will continue until the weekend.",
"contextForm": "in the west"
},
{
"text": "House prices in the west have risen significantly over the last five years."
},
{
"text": "There's been a severe earthquake in the west of the country."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "Europe and North America, contrasted with other parts of the world",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I was born in Japan, but I've lived in the West for some years now."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the western side of the US",
"labels": "(North American English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the history of the American West"
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "Western Europe and North America, when contrasted with the Communist countries of Eastern Europe",
"examples": [
{
"text": "East–West relations"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/west/",
"audio": "we/west/west__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/west/",
"audio": "we/west/west__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German west, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek hesperos, Latin vesper ‘evening’."
}