North Definition

nôrth

noun

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.

Webster's New World

The point on a compass at 0° or 360°, directly opposite south.

Webster's New World

A region or district in or toward this direction.

Webster's New World

The northern part of the earth, esp. the arctic regions.

Webster's New World

The northern part of a region or country.

American Heritage

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Synonyms:
the frozen North
polar regions
Arctic regions
the north country
northern-hemisphere
northland
northern section
tundra
the Barrens
land of ice and snow
the north woods
compass north
magnetic-north
union
n

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south

pronoun

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

Wiktionary

The northern part of any region.

Wiktionary

(US) The Union during the American Civil War.

The North lost most battles early in the war.

Wiktionary

A surname.

Wiktionary

adjective

In, of, to, toward, or facing the north.

Webster's New World

From the north.

A north wind.

Webster's New World

Designating the northern part of a continent, country, etc.

North Atlantic.

Webster's New World

Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.

North highway 1

Wiktionary

(colloquial) More or greater than.

The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.

Wiktionary

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polar
cold
arctic

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south

adverb

In or toward the north; in a northerly direction.

Webster's New World

Into a better condition, as of increased value.

An investment that went steadily north until the market crash.

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south

verb

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

Wiktionary

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to North

north of
the North

Origin of North

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.

From Wiktionary
Middle English from Old English ner-¹ in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition