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westing
  1. A distance west of a datum line on a map or chart
  2. (nautical) A distance travelled westward
  3. Examples:
    1. “The westing we were making brought us among people who are frequently visited by the Mambari as slave-dealers.”
      “Not alone were they nimble because of the westing, but a benignant sun was shining down and limbering their stiff bodies.”
      “Well, this is running your westing down if anybody should ride up in a go-devil and ask you.”
western
  1. A film, or some other dramatic work, set in, the historic American West (west of the Mississippi river) typically focusing on a cowboys vs. Indians conflict (real or imaginary).
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I recently watched a classic western starring John Wayne, and it reminded me of the untamed beauty of the wild west.”
westernization
  1. The process of assimilation, by a society, of the customs and practices of western culture.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The art of woodblock printing in the Meiji period is marked by the industrialization and swift westernization which Japan underwent in this era.”
      “And it is precisely this gambler's interest which westernization has more or less destroyed.”
      “Once in control of an Oriental country, the European rulers were bound to favour its westernization for a variety of reasons.”
west
  1. One of the four principal compass points, specifically 270°, conventionally directed to the left on maps; the direction of the setting sun at an equinox, abbreviated as W.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The ship sailed into the vast expanse of the west, as the sun set in a fiery display of colors.”
westernisation
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of westernization.
  2. Examples:
    1. “However, people within the community opined that 'Ali Ai Ligang' is slowly disappearing from their society due to impact of westernisation.”
      “He believes that describing Indian youths as westernised is wrong, because despite outward westernisation, they have a deep yearning for Indian culture.”
      “Underneath the veneer of westernisation there is a hugely abundant and powerful cultural tradition that won't die out and is in fact also influencing us in the west.”
westernism
  1. Something that is characteristic of the western part of a region.
  2. Examples:
    1. “But even in regions where European control is still nominal, the permeation of westernism has gone on apace.”
      “The full impact of westernism upon the Orient as a whole dates only from about the middle of the nineteenth century.”
      “Others break with their traditional pasts, steep themselves in westernism, and become more or less genuinely Westernized.”
westerner
  1. A native or inhabitant of the west of a region (or of the world as a whole).
    1. A native or inhabitant of the West, of the Western world—Europe and North America. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)
    2. A native or inhabitant of the Wild West. (Also written capitalized as Westerner.)
  2. Examples:
    1. “The westerner is lulled into a dreamland and as the money is quickly drained away, so are his standards.”
      “The middle westerner pushes on, endures, and finally finds a place that looks like home.”
      “That I am a westerner is viscerally obvious to me every time I have to fly east.”
westside
  1. The western side of a building, street, area etc.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The Hudson River swamped westside parkways, where motorists whose cars were bobbing in the floodwaters had to be rescued by police officers on rafts.”
      “We also joined with another Senior CYO group from the westside, and that just made us even bigger.”
      “We have the misfortune of having a two-story fourplex looming over our bedroom and backyard in our westside neighborhood.”
westness
  1. The quality of being west or western.
wester
  1. A strong westerly wind.
westerniser
  1. One who westernises.
westward
  1. The western region or countries; the west.
westerly
westerliness
  1. Westerly position.
westling
  1. (obsolete) A westerner.
westernizations
  1. plural of westernization
westernisations
  1. plural of westernisation
westernisers
  1. plural of westerniser
westernisms
  1. plural of westernism
westerners
  1. plural of westerner
  2. Examples:
    1. “Now westerners are beginning to realise the benefits of encouraging rather than suppressing the natural exercises babies do anyway.”
      “He is just another in a line of westerners who decided to go native with the Masai.”
      “Most of the westerners who met him, in Germany and America, took an instant dislike to what they saw as his arrogant and aloof personality.”
westlings
  1. plural of westling
westerlies
  1. plural of westerly
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There is a northerly with us this weekend, then westerlies will come across bringing some rain.”
      “The wines produced on the flat coastal littoral are strongly influenced by prevailing Atlantic westerlies.”
      “The rest of his crop is covered with conventional white canopy to protect it from the fierce westerlies common in the area.”
westerns
  1. plural of western
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “She did melodramas, musicals, romantic comedies, westerns, and horror films.”
      “For Peckinpah, the film was a stark departure from his blood-drenched action westerns.”
      “Finally, everyone seems to think this movie is one of the best westerns around and a truly psychological film noir.”
westings
  1. plural of westing
westers
  1. plural of wester
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