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north

UK /nɔːθ/US /noɹθ/

noun7

  1. one of the four main compass directions, toward the top of most maps and to the left of someone who faces the sun as it comes up in the morning
  2. Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
  3. The northern part of any of various other countries or regions.
  4. 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.
  5. The up or positive direction.
  6. 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).
  7. In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.

adjective6

  1. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
  2. Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
  3. Toward the north; northward.
  4. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
  5. (informal) More or greater than.
  6. Of wind, from the north.

adverb1

  1. Toward the north; northward; northerly.

verb1

  1. (no longer used) To turn or move toward the north.
forms

northed · northing · norths · farther north · further north · farthest north · furthest north · northest

Phrases with north

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