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Western

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Noun

1. horse opera, western

a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development

2. western, western sandwich

a sandwich made from a western omelet

Adjective

3. western

relating to or characteristic of the western parts of the world or the West as opposed to the eastern or oriental parts

Example Sentences:
'the Western world'
'Western thought'
'Western thought'

4. western

of or characteristic of regions of the United States west of the Mississippi River

Example Sentences:
'a Western ranch'

5. western

lying toward or situated in the west

Example Sentences:
'our company's western office'

6. westerly, western

of wind; from the west

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Western

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adjective
1. 
situated in or towards or facing the west
2. 
going or directed to or towards the west
3. 
(of a wind, etc) coming or originating from the west
4. 
native to, inhabiting, or growing in the west
5. music country and western
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or characteristic of the West as opposed to the Orient
2. 
(formerly) of, relating to, or characteristic of the Americas and the parts of Europe not under Communist rule
3. 
of, relating to, or characteristic of the western states of the US
noun
4. 
a film, book, etc, concerned with life in the western states of the US, esp during the era of exploration and early development

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Western

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adjective
1. 
in, of, to, toward, or facing the west
2. 
from the west
a western wind
3.  [W-]
of or characteristic of the West
4.  [W-]
of the Western Church
noun
5. 
westerner
6.  US
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

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Western

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adj.
1. Situated in, toward, or facing the west.
2. Coming from the west: western breezes.
3. Native to or growing in the west.
4. often Western Of, relating to, or characteristic of western regions or the West.
5. Western Of, relating to, or descended from those Christian churches that use or formerly used Latin as their liturgical language.
n.
often Western A novel, film, television program, or other dramatic work including themes, characters, or settings characteristic of the American West, especially of the late 1800s.

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