north
IPA: nˈɔrθ
noun
- One of the four principal compass points, specifically 0° (being directed towards the North Pole); conventionally upwards on a map.
- The up or positive direction.
- (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).
- (ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:
- (US) The northern states of the United States.
- (US) The Union during the American Civil War.
- (UK) The North of England, a cultural region.
- (Ireland) Northern Ireland.
- North Korea.
- (politics, economics) A group of countries mainly lying north of the equator, including most of the West and the First World and much of the Second World.
- A surname.
- A civil parish of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, named for its location.
- A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States, named after John North.
- A number of townships in the United States, listed under North Township.
- Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”). [The northern part of a region (alternative letter-case form of north), especially:]
verb
- (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
- Toward the north; northward.
- (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
- (ecclesiastical) Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
- (colloquial) More or greater than.
adverb
- Toward the north; northward; northerly.
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Examples of "north" in Sentences
- South swelters as North suffers.
- Annual rainfall is in the north and in the south.
- It is bounded by the ravine to the east and north.
- They emigrated to the north, south, east, and west.
- Beacon Hill is to the south, and the North End is to the east.
- The list runs anticlockwise from north east to south east Wales.
- Hummock Island is almost long in a north west to south east direction.
- The Rottum runs from south to north parallel to the river Rot to the east.
- They are the south window in the vestry and the east window in the north aisle.
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