north

noun norths

1. countable, uncountable The direction towards the pole to the left-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 0°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the northern side of the invariable plane. Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
2. countable, uncountable The up or positive direction. Stock prices are heading back towards the north.
3. countable, uncountable 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).
4. countable, uncountable Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”). […] and after independence the north clung to sugar production longer than the south, with the result that when the north took […]
5. countable, uncountable In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar. If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation.

Opposite: south

adjective

1. not comparable Of or pertaining to the north; northern. He lived in north Germany.
2. not comparable Toward the north; northward. Napoleon ordered Villeneuve north to France.
3. not comparable Of wind, from the north. The north wind was cold.
4. not comparable Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic. north highway 1
5. not comparable Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar). […] the high church had liked its clergy to preside at the Eucharist in an ad orientem position; the low church advocated what was called the north end position; but the Liturgical Movement asked the priest to take a basilical position, facing liturgical west, and now both Anglican factions could ag
6. colloquial, not comparable More or greater than. The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.

Similar: boreal, septentrional · Opposite: south, austral, meridional

adverb further north · farther north · furthest north · farthest north

1. Toward the north; northward; northerly. Switzerland is north of Italy.

Opposite: south

verb norths · northing · northed

1. intransitive, obsolete To turn or move toward the north. When at B you had northed 3.71[…]

proper noun the North

1. US The northern states of the United States.
2. US The Union during the American Civil War. The North lost most battles early in the war.
3. UK The North of England, a cultural region.
4. Ireland Northern Ireland.
5. North Korea.
6. The northern part of any of various other countries or regions. In 1903, I had adventured, for the first time, northwards, and it really was the North, as my objective was the Great North of Scotland Railway.
7. 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. In economic terms, the North controls four-fifths of the income earned anywhere in the world.

   Similar: Global North

proper noun Norths

1. countable, uncountable A surname.
2. countable, uncountable A civil parish in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada, named for its location.
3. countable, uncountable A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States, named after John North.
4. countable, uncountable A number of townships in the United States, including in Indiana (2), Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio, listed under North Township; most are named named for their location.