NORTH

north

(adjective) situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; “artists like north light”; “the north portico”

north, northerly, northwards, northward

(adverb) in a northern direction; “they earn more up north”; “Let’s go north!”

north

(noun) a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city

Union, North

(noun) the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); “he has visited every state in the Union”; “Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union”; “the North’s superior resources turned the scale”

North

(noun) the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

North, Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford

(noun) British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)

north, due north, northward

(noun) the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

north, magnetic north, compass north

(noun) the direction in which a compass needle points

north

(noun) the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

north (countable and uncountable, plural norths)

One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.

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).

Antonyms

• south

Adjective

north (not comparable)

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.

(colloquial) More or greater than.

Synonyms

• (of the north): boreal

Antonyms

• south

Adverb

north (not comparable)

Toward the north; northward; northerly.

Antonyms

• south

Verb

north (third-person singular simple present norths, present participle northing, simple past and past participle northed)

(obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.

Anagrams

• Rt Hon, Thorn, thorn

Proper noun

the North

(US) The Union during the American Civil War.

The northern part of any region, especially

(UK) The North of England, a cultural region.

The northern states of the United States.

(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.

North

A surname.

Anagrams

• Rt Hon, Thorn, thorn

Source: Wiktionary

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North, n. Etym: [AS. noredh; akin to D. noord, G., Sw., & Dan. nord, Icel. noredhr. Cf. Norman, Norse.]

1. That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.

2. Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.

3. Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

North, a.

Definition: Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north. North following. See Following, a., 2.

– North pole, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north.

– North preceding. See Following, a., 2.

– North star, the star toward which the north pole of the earth very nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovable in the sky. The star a (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1º 25', and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also Cynosura, polestar, and by astronomers, Polaris.

North, v. i.

Definition: To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.

North, adv.

Definition: Northward.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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