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Webster 1913 Edition
North
North
(nôrth)
, Noun.
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
,Adj.
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 , 2.
– Following
, Adj.
North pole
, that point in the heavens, or on the earth, ninety degrees from the equator toward the north.
– North preceding
. See , 2.
– Following
, Adj.
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 α (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1° 25´, and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also
Cynosura
, polestar
, and by astronomers, Polaris
.North
,Verb.
I.
To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.
North
,adv.
Northward.
Webster 1828 Edition
North
NORTH
,Noun.
NORTH
,Adj.
Definition 2024
North
North
north
north
English
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.
- Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
- The up or positive direction.
- Stock prices are heading north.
- 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
- (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).
Derived terms
Terms derived from north (noun)
Related terms
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Coordinate terms
Translations
compass point
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north pole of a magnet
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Adjective
north (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
- He lived in north Germany.
- She entered through the north gate.
- Toward the north; northward.
- 1987, Ana María Brull Vázquez, Rosa E. Casas, Cuba, page 23:
- The most dangerous ones are those that develop during October and November and that follow a north path affecting the western part of the island.
- 1987, Ana María Brull Vázquez, Rosa E. Casas, Cuba, page 23:
- (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
- The north wind was cold.
- Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
- north highway 1
- 2001, Joseph R Miller, Pipe Tobacco and Wool:
- Traffic was doing the speed limit on North I-45 one minute and had come to a stand-still the next.
- (colloquial) More or greater than.
- The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.
Synonyms
- (of the north): boreal
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
of or pertaining to the north
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toward the north
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meteorology: of wind, from the north
part of a corridor used by northbound traffic
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Adverb
north (not comparable)
- Toward the north; northward.
- Switzerland is north of Italy.
- We headed north.
Antonyms
Translations
towards the north
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.
- 1769, Henry Wilson, William Hume, Surveying improved (page 239)
- When at B you had northed 3.71 […]
- 1769, Henry Wilson, William Hume, Surveying improved (page 239)