transcription, транскрипция: [ westə(r)n ]
also Western
( westerns)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Western means in or from the west of a region, state, or country.
...hand-made rugs from Western and Central Asia.
...Moi University, in western Kenya.
ADJ : ADJ n
2.
Western is used to describe things, people, ideas, or ways of life that come from or are associated with the United States, Canada, and the countries of Western, Northern, and Southern Europe.
Mexico had the support of the big western governments...
Those statements have never been reported in the Western media.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
3.
A western is a book or film about life in the west of America in the nineteenth century, especially the lives of cowboys.
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