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Definition of east-west in English:

east-west

adjective
  • 1Extending between the east and the west.

    freight leaving the port travels on an east–west axis
    as adverb there are several major rivers running east–west
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It seems to this east–west migratory bird that we would do well to listen to them squawk.
    • Together, the two roads form a long east–west highway bisecting the centre of the city.
    • The school was oriented along an east–west axis, providing due north and south exposures to all primary classrooms.
    • In light of the situation, an unprecedented evacuation was underway along the entire south east American coast, with horrendous traffic jams along every east–west interstate highway.
    • Round bales in east–west rows often have drifts on the south side.
    • The hills run east–west, starting at the shore.
    • He informs us that Dresden was a main east–west railway junction for all of Germany.
    • The site is also relatively long in the east–west direction, so avoiding the sun's glare at dawn and in the late afternoon.
    • A look at a map will confirm that the "natural" east–west rail and road links converge on Montreal.
    • Any journey east–west involves mountain passes, some up to 4000m high.
    • It has been a major east–west city route for almost two centuries.
    • The general orientation of the buildings is east–west, with most window openings in the north and south faces.
    • The mountain range runs east–west across the island; the highest peak, Pico Ruivo, is 6,106 feet tall.
    • The principal level of the building is organised along an east–west corridor, and efforts have been made in the planning of the major spaces to suppress an overtly institutional feel.
    • A key distinction is its east–west orientation that creates a wind tunnel effect, pulling heat from California's fertile Central Valley during the day and cool air from the Pacific Ocean at night.
    • The place to begin is to re-establish the historic east–west streets running south of St Paul's Chapel.
    • The country's second east–west highway will have to connect the valleys.
    1. 1.1 Relating to the relationship between the eastern and western parts of the world or of a country, region, or town.
      East–West economic ties
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That former naval base has been transformed into a special economic zone showing enormous commercial promise as a hub for East–West trade.
      • All these are examples of an east–west cinema (Asian-American, in this case) but they happen also to discard the latter part of the hyphen to focus more or less on the remaining eastern part.
      • The annual event offered a spicy mix of East–West contemporary choreography that was both tasty and tart.
      • I think the East–West rivalry is past its sell-by date.
      • The East–West conflict is not new; it only became noticeable because of globalisation.
      • No longer is there only a passive acceptance of the principle of a harmonic East–West combination.
      • The film is filled with quirky scenarios and surreal imagery depicting the East–West cultural clash.
      • Ani was on the main East–West trade route—the Silk Road—and more easily defended than Kars.
      • The East–West rivalry has re-shaped the landscape of Europe.
      • Scotland is a country of immense regional diversity, with the vast urban metropolis in central Scotland and its east–west rivalries in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
      • This montage sold me on a hilarious, uplifting, and triumphant story of retro East–West politics.
      • For once, the plot and characters are almost secondary to the message about contemporary east–west politics, the nature of dictatorships, and our attitude to asylum seekers.
      • His book shows how through east–west fusion, using the elements of western design and eastern thinking, we can organise and decorate our rooms, design and plant our gardens, prepare and cook our meals to transform the home into an oasis of tranquillity.
      • He also observes that US apparel importers continue to focus increasingly on north–south trade within the Western Hemisphere rather than on east–west trade between the Far East and the United States.
      • Together such passages point toward a different model of East–West relations, where it does not really make sense to think of the two sides as partners in the creation of modernism.

Definition of east-west in US English:

east-west

adjective
  • 1Extending between the east and the west.

    freight leaving the port travels on an east–west axis
    as adverb there are several major rivers running east–west
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Together, the two roads form a long east–west highway bisecting the centre of the city.
    • The hills run east–west, starting at the shore.
    • Any journey east–west involves mountain passes, some up to 4000m high.
    • The school was oriented along an east–west axis, providing due north and south exposures to all primary classrooms.
    • Round bales in east–west rows often have drifts on the south side.
    • The general orientation of the buildings is east–west, with most window openings in the north and south faces.
    • The country's second east–west highway will have to connect the valleys.
    • The principal level of the building is organised along an east–west corridor, and efforts have been made in the planning of the major spaces to suppress an overtly institutional feel.
    • The site is also relatively long in the east–west direction, so avoiding the sun's glare at dawn and in the late afternoon.
    • The mountain range runs east–west across the island; the highest peak, Pico Ruivo, is 6,106 feet tall.
    • He informs us that Dresden was a main east–west railway junction for all of Germany.
    • The place to begin is to re-establish the historic east–west streets running south of St Paul's Chapel.
    • A look at a map will confirm that the "natural" east–west rail and road links converge on Montreal.
    • In light of the situation, an unprecedented evacuation was underway along the entire south east American coast, with horrendous traffic jams along every east–west interstate highway.
    • A key distinction is its east–west orientation that creates a wind tunnel effect, pulling heat from California's fertile Central Valley during the day and cool air from the Pacific Ocean at night.
    • It seems to this east–west migratory bird that we would do well to listen to them squawk.
    • It has been a major east–west city route for almost two centuries.
    1. 1.1 Relating to the relationship between the eastern and western parts of the world or of a country, region, or town.
      East–West economic ties
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For once, the plot and characters are almost secondary to the message about contemporary east–west politics, the nature of dictatorships, and our attitude to asylum seekers.
      • His book shows how through east–west fusion, using the elements of western design and eastern thinking, we can organise and decorate our rooms, design and plant our gardens, prepare and cook our meals to transform the home into an oasis of tranquillity.
      • No longer is there only a passive acceptance of the principle of a harmonic East–West combination.
      • The East–West rivalry has re-shaped the landscape of Europe.
      • The film is filled with quirky scenarios and surreal imagery depicting the East–West cultural clash.
      • All these are examples of an east–west cinema (Asian-American, in this case) but they happen also to discard the latter part of the hyphen to focus more or less on the remaining eastern part.
      • That former naval base has been transformed into a special economic zone showing enormous commercial promise as a hub for East–West trade.
      • Ani was on the main East–West trade route—the Silk Road—and more easily defended than Kars.
      • The East–West conflict is not new; it only became noticeable because of globalisation.
      • Scotland is a country of immense regional diversity, with the vast urban metropolis in central Scotland and its east–west rivalries in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
      • This montage sold me on a hilarious, uplifting, and triumphant story of retro East–West politics.
      • Together such passages point toward a different model of East–West relations, where it does not really make sense to think of the two sides as partners in the creation of modernism.
      • He also observes that US apparel importers continue to focus increasingly on north–south trade within the Western Hemisphere rather than on east–west trade between the Far East and the United States.
      • I think the East–West rivalry is past its sell-by date.
      • The annual event offered a spicy mix of East–West contemporary choreography that was both tasty and tart.
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