western

[US]/ˈwestən/
[UK]/ˈwestərn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. of or relating to the west; located in or towards the west

Phrases & Collocations

western cuisine

western culture

western countries

western music

western fashion

western medicine

western europe

western development

western civilization

western food

western style

western hemisphere

western australia

western blot

western blotting

western movies

western sahara

best western

contemporary western philosophy

western roman empire

western wall

western samoa

Example Sentences

in the western -tries

the Western intelligentsia

the export of Western technology.

the peninsula's western extremity.

a regulation Western parody.

the history of western art.

the childhood of Western civilization.

This philosophy is western in origin.

Rome was the matrix of Western civilization.

the western sky was still clouded.

a hokey country-western accent.

the traditions of Western thought.

build a house on a western model

a veneer of western civilization

Greece was the cradle of Western culture.

Real-world Examples

Girino Ndyanabo farms in the western district of Mbarara.

Source: This month VOA Special English

But Yousafzai argues that education is neither Western, nor Eastern.

Source: VOA Special Collection March 2018

These western lowland gorillas are found in western Africa in the...lowlands.

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

Pamela Davis is a professor at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Ohio.

Source: VOA Special English Health

Located in western Turkey bordering the Aegean Sea.

Source: Children's Encyclopedia Song

It is working its way into the western world.

Source: VOA Standard English_Life

Their meat is hardly eaten in western countries.

Source: Past English CET-4 Listening Test Questions (with translations)

It's our generation that is witnessing the end of Western predominance.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) April 2014 Collection

Which is right here in western Massachusetts.

Source: Vox opinion

For Western Europeans, the opposite is true.

Source: Advanced American English by Lai Shih-hsiung

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