I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Broadway/West End musical (= one that is performed in New York’s or London’s important theatres )
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Carroll appeared in a number of Broadway musicals.
Middle West
the east/west etc side
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The shop was on the west side of Culver Street.
the east/west/north/south coast
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We stayed on the south coast of the island.
West Coast
West Country
West End
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
far
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But this one, like the others, had strayed too far to the west , away from its regular migratory route.
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This year it may go even farther west than First Avenue.
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In 1899 Watson came on a second tour and this time went to the far west .
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Mola had estimated that it should take about three weeks to conquer the coastal area as far west as Santander.
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Along the so-called M4 corridor, as far west as Newport in Gwent, new, technically sophisticated smaller industries were mushrooming.
wild
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In shoot out you are in a wild west street with various characters appearing from behind sheds and windows.
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Providing the military or the wild west sea don't thwart your plans, I doubt very much these climbs will disappoint.
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Suddenly lurching for a wild west alternative, the Tories now oblige Labour to talk honestly about tax.
■ NOUN
south
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The largest increases hit the south east, London, the south west and East Anglia.
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It was a big ship, on Harker's Rock, about three hundred metres away to the south west .
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Best of south west waters at the moment.
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At the time, the south west of the province was the only breeding zone for the red Cassel.
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Further round soared the precipitous south west rockface of Baruntse, flanked by its satellite range of peaks.
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The Wessex area in the south west , for example, has leaned towards a lecture-based structure in order to convey information.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
due north/south/east/west
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At noon, the storm was 150 miles due east of New York City.
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As we were heading due north, we would remain to the right, or east, of that squiggle.
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Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
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Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line.
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Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
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The direction is there, she said when she came down, and she pointed due west.
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The main track on which they were travelling led due west for a while and then turned slightly north.
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The road into Mountain Province, due east of Tamarong, zigzagged along a sharp ridge high above the rice terraces.
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This he grew long and combed up, due north.
extreme west/end/left etc
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But the extreme ends of the continent seem afflicted with retro-chic shallowness when it comes to cocktails.
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Developing your film To get your film developed you need to go to the extreme left of the upper level.
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Evictions are the extreme end of the bailiff's duties.
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Moving down to the extreme left he was discovered by the enemy, and a full battery opened upon him.
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Passage is possible through the branches on the extreme left.
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Roots and leafless bushes stuck up wildly at the extreme end of the strip.
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So why was she tempted to invent such an extreme ending?
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The extreme left doors date from 1948, the work of Arrigo Menerbi, showing the tribulations of early Christians.
the Middle West
the West
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David grew up in New York, but he moved to the West as soon as he graduated.
the West Coast
the West Country
the West End
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Which way is west ?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A fierce solidarity was forged of a kind that has become archaic in the west .
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It stops short at the Palace in the west , and the Admiralty in the north.
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The weather continued to deteriorate with low-flying scud and rain squalls from the west .
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This leads to the final area of resemblance to the great cities of the west , namely social structure.
II. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
due north/south/east/west
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At noon, the storm was 150 miles due east of New York City.
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As we were heading due north, we would remain to the right, or east, of that squiggle.
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Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
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Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line.
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Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
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The direction is there, she said when she came down, and she pointed due west.
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The main track on which they were travelling led due west for a while and then turned slightly north.
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The road into Mountain Province, due east of Tamarong, zigzagged along a sharp ridge high above the rice terraces.
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This he grew long and combed up, due north.
the Middle West
the West
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David grew up in New York, but he moved to the West as soon as he graduated.
the West Coast
the West Country
the West End
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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We drove down the west coast of the U.S.
III. adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
go
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But Helper had gone West in the decade before the Civil War.
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William did not go West on an existential errand; the end of his journey was known.
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But she was quiet and respectful, and she was eager to go West.
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At some point Amelia Harres went west to visit her, and there she met Alfred Otis.
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Brownson went west to Detroit to teach school, but the old debates about Calvinism followed him even there to the frontier.
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The time zone changes as we went west further increased our sensation that time was no longer a hard fact.
head
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I turned on to the paved state road and headed west , and Janir went back to his Stephen King.
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Joseph and Leavenworth meant two days saved for early settlers heading west in ox-drawn wagons.
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Receiving assurances that there was no ethnic dimension to the role he had been offered, Hoch hopped a plane headed west .
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We headed west , crossed Sixth Avenue.
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So he had no choice but to head west again, then north toward salvation.
look
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For well over a century the White House had been looking west .
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It took her breath to look cast, it filled her heart to look west or south.
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All the burned bodies looked west in the stiff pose of men, eyes right, on parade.
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They looked west , where Moua had looked.
move
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Their ancestors travelled in man's wake, in separate waves north and south around the icy Alps as farmers moved west .
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Trade moves east across the bridge and it will not be long before the Ottoman armies will move west .
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Disturbed by these developments, and having somewhat calmed Noakhall, Gandhi moved west toward the Punjab.
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Friends of his had moved west to make fortunes now that livestock was shipped by railroad from the great range to Chicago.
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Soon, Laemmle moved west and opened a movie studio on a 230-acre ranch north of Hollywood.
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The storm moved west in blue-white rattling streaks.
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The Methodists moved west from Baltimore to Kansas and lorded it over the border states.
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Baltimore Colts owner Carroll Rosenbloom wants to move west .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Go west on I-80 toward Denver
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The window faces west .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cowtown Keeylocko is approximately 41 miles west on Ajo.
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Major bridges will be required to cross the Kerteh river and two rivers running northwest and west from Kemaman Point.
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Originally from New Hampshire, Sheridan made the journey west in 1994, and now resides in Utah.
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So he had no choice but to head west again, then north toward salvation.
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The city of Custer, located 15 miles west of the park, has several restaurants and grocers.
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The Kushans controlled the exchange of goods as they moved east and west .
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Trade moves east across the bridge and it will not be long before the Ottoman armies will move west .
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We headed west , crossed Sixth Avenue.