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North
(n/O/r/T/ )

adjective (a)

  • situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north(adj.all)
    Example:
    Artists like north light.
    The north portico.
    Antonym:
    south
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line(noun.location)
    source: wordnet30
  • the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)(noun.location)
    Example:
    The North's superior resources turned the scale.
    Synonym:
    union
    source: wordnet30
  • the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees(noun.linkdef)
    Synonym:
    due north, n, northward
    source: wordnet30
  • a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city(noun.location)
    source: wordnet30
  • the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point(noun.linkdef)
    source: wordnet30
  • the direction in which a compass needle points(noun.linkdef)
    source: wordnet30
  • British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • in a northern direction(adv.all)
    Example:
    They earn more up north.
    Let's go north!.
    source: wordnet30
  • Northward.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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