north
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
- artists like north light
- the north portico
Similar word(s): northbound, northward, northerly, northern, northernmost, northmost, northeast, northeasterly, northeastern, northeastward, northwest, northwesterly, northwestern, northwestward
Sentences with north as an adjective:
- He lived in north Germany.She entered through the north gate.
- The north wind was cold.
- north highway 1
- The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000.
adverb
1. in a northern direction
- they earn more up north
- Let's go north!
Similar word(s): northerly, northward, northwards
Sentences with north as an adverb:
- Switzerland is north of Italy.
- We headed north.
noun
1. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
Definition categories: location
2. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
- the North's superior resources turned the scale
Similar word(s): union
Definition categories: location
3. the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
Similar word(s): northward
Definition categories: link
4. a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
Definition categories: location
5. the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point
Definition categories: link, direction
6. the direction in which a compass needle points
Definition categories: link, direction
Sentences with north as a noun:
- Minnesota is in the north of the USA.
- Stock prices are heading north.
- 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
verb
1. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.