north

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. The up or positive direction.
3. 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. Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).
5. In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.

Adj

1. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
2. Toward the north; northward.
3. Of wind, from the north.
4. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
5. Designating, or situated in, the liturgical north (in a church, the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar).
6. (colloquial) More or greater than.

Adv

Toward the north; northward; northerly.

Verb

To turn or move toward the north.

Concepts

north

northern

northwards

northward

North

northerly

above

up

west

east

northwest

north side

N

due north

compass north

magnetic north

Arctic

boreal

in the north

from the north

left

north-east

south

south-west

southeast

under

northern part

facing north

north face

northern trail

polar

upstate

midtown

uptown

hyperborean

north-polar

septentrional

extreme north

far north

higher

high up

uphill

upwards

up country

northeast

left hand

left side

septrional

awkward

flip

upstream

downstream

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɔːθ/

Etymology

From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, ultimately, these may derive from either: (a) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ner- (“inner, under”), from *h₁en (“in”); (b) alternatively from a Proto-Indo-European *ner- (“left, below”), as north is to the left when one faces the rising sun.
Cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Dutch noord, West Frisian noard, German Nord, Danish and Norwegian nord; also with Greek νέρτερος (nérteros, “infernal, lower”).

Sentences

It lies at the north end of Chestnut Ridge .

The armies and divisions are listed north to south .

A passage leads from the north side of the church to the vicarage .

The large townland of Athlone borders the area to the north .

Shenorock is north of the Amawalk Reservoir .