North

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The direction along a meridian 90° counterclockwise from east; the direction to the left of sunrise.
  • n. The cardinal point on the mariner's compass located at 0°.
  • n. An area or region lying in the north.
  • n. The northern part of the earth.
  • n. The northern part of a region or country.
  • n. The northern part of the United States, especially the states that fought for the Union in the Civil War.
  • adj. To, toward, of, facing, or in the north.
  • adj. Originating in or coming from the north: a cold north wind.
  • ad. In, from, or toward the north.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.
  • n. The up or positive direction.
  • n. Above or higher
  • n. 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).
  • adj. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
  • adj. Toward the north; northward.
  • adj. Of wind, from the north.
  • adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
  • ad. Toward the north; northward.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. Any country or region situated farther to the north than another; the northern section of a country.
  • n. Specifically: That part of the United States lying north of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
  • 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.
  • verb-intransitive. To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.
  • ad. Northward.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That one of the cardinal points which is on the right hand when one faces in the direction of the setting sun (west); that intersection of the horizon with the meridian which is on the right hand when one is in this position.
  • n. A region, tract, or country, or a part of such, lying toward the north pole from some other region or point of reckoning.
  • n. Specifically With the definite article: In United States history and politics, those States and Territories which lie north of Maryland, the Ohio river, and Missouri.
  • n. The north wind.
  • n. Eccles., the side of a church that is on the left hand of one who faces the altar or high altar. See east, 1.
  • Being in the north; northern.
  • Eccles., situated at or near that side of a church which is to the left of one facing the altar or high altar. Abbreviated N.
  • To the north; in the north.
  • Nautical, to move or veer toward the north.
  • An abbreviation of northern.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
  • n. a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
  • n. the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
  • n. the direction in which a compass needle points
  • n. the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point
  • n. British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
  • adj. situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
  • ad. in a northern direction
  • n. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
  • Equivalent
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    line   
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    northward    boreal    l    en   
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    Forth    Fourth    forth    fourth    henceforth    thenceforth    warth   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    south    northwest    outer    rocky    north-west    adjacent    right-hand    southwestern    sunlit    inland