North definition
The point on a compass at 0° or 360°, directly opposite south.
noun
To, toward, of, facing, or in the north.
adjective
Originating in or coming from the north.
A cold north wind.
adjective
The northern part of the United States, especially the states that fought for the Union in the Civil War.
noun
The direction along a meridian 90° counterclockwise from east; the direction to the left of sunrise.
noun
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The cardinal point on the mariner's compass located at 0°.
noun
The northern part of the earth.
noun
The northern part of a region or country.
noun
(slang) Into a better condition, as of increased value.
An investment that went steadily north until the market crash.
adverb
The direction to the right of a person facing the sunset; direction of the North Pole from any other point on the earth's surface: the needle of a magnetic compass points to the magnetic north pole rather than to the geographic pole.
noun
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A region or district in or toward this direction.
noun
The northern part of the earth, esp. the arctic regions.
noun
In, of, to, toward, or facing the north.
adjective
From the north.
A north wind.
adjective
Designating the northern part of a continent, country, etc.
North Atlantic.
adjective
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In or toward the north; in a northerly direction.
adverb
(person) 2d Earl of Guilford 1732-92; Eng. statesman: prime minister of Great Britain (1770-82)
proper name
One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.
Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
noun
Above or higher.
The price you're offering had better be north of the highest price this company has ever traded for. - Tom Aldredge in the movie Barbarians at the Gate.
noun
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Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
He lived in north Germany.
She entered through the north gate.
adjective
(meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
The north wind was cold.
adjective
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(obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.
verb
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The northern part of any region.
pronoun
An area or region lying in the north.
noun
In, from, or toward the north.
adverb
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(colloquial) More or greater than.
The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.
adjective
north of
- more or greater than; aboveA salary north of $40,000.
idiom
the North
- that part of the U.S. which is bounded on the south by Md., the Ohio River, and Mo.; specif., the states opposed to the Confederacy in the Civil War
- the Northern Hemisphere, esp. as the region comprising the majority of the world's affluent, industrialized nations
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
the North
Origin of north
- Middle English from Old English ner-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English, from Old English norþ, cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Dutch noord, West Frisian noard, German Nord, Danish nord, all from a Proto-Germanic *nurþą, and cognate with Greek νέρτερος (nérteros, “infernal, lower") possibly all ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“left, below"), as north is to the left when one faces the rising sun.
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