wests
wests is the plural of west.
wests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of west.
Meaning of west
Noun
west (plural wests)
- The direction opposite to that of the earth's rotation, specifically 270°.
- We used to live in the west of the country.
- The western region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- In a church: the direction of the gallery, opposite to the altar, and opposite to the direction faced by the priest when celebrating ad orientem.
- In two respects, however, the cathedral [of St. Mary's in Sydney, Australia] differs from English traditions: it is oriented north-south, not east-west; and its main entry is from the south (liturgical west) between the two towers, in the French manner.1997, John Haskell, John Callanan, Sydney Architecture, UNSW Press, →ISBN
Proper noun capitalized: Wests
Wests
- plural of West
Phrases with wests
Questions about wests
- What is wests the plural of?
- Wests is the plural of west.
- What part of speech is wests?
- Wests is a proper noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wests (page history and authors); Wests (page history and authors); west (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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