north

About 136.21 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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. noun The up or positive direction.

   Stock prices are heading back towards the north.

3. noun 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. noun Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
5. noun In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
6. adjective Of or pertaining to the north; northern.

   He lived in north Germany.

7. adjective Toward the north; northward.

   Napoleon ordered Villeneuve north to France.

8. adjective Of wind, from the north.

   The north wind was cold.

Similar words

magnetic north northerly union northmost northernmost northwestward northbound northwards northeastward northwesterly

Often followed by

of america carolina and american to africa side korea

Word family

Douglass Cecil North Frederick North North Norths Sir Thomas North norths