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north | American Dictionary

north
noun[ U ]
us/nɔrθ/(abbreviationN.); (abbreviationNo.)
the direction that is opposite south, or the part of an area or country which is in this direction:
The points of the compass are north, south, east, and west.
In the US, the North is the part of the country in the north and east:
Ken grew up in Mississippi but settled in the North after college.
US history
In the US Civil War, the North was the group of states that fought to keep the US together.

northern

adjective[ not gradable ]us/ˈnɔr·ðərn/(abbreviationN.); (abbreviationNo.)
Tom lives in the northern part of the state.
north
adjective, adverb[ not gradable ]
us/nɔrθ/(abbreviationN.); (abbreviationNo.)
in, forming, or toward the north part of something:
the north coast
She lives about forty miles north of here.
A north wind is a wind coming from the north.

north | Business English

north
adjective, adverb
uk /nɔːθ/us
 north of
used to say that an amount is more than the one stated:
The company's market cap is now north of $160 billion.

Examples of north

north
The study area is surrounded by large expanses (>200 km) of mainly continuous forest to the west, north and east.
Assuming a discontinuous transition layer at the reconnection point the layer thickness to the north grows in the direction of the outer flow.
Similar structural changes took place in the north as in the region as a whole.
These results represent strong evidence of increased seed mass in the vegetation of north-facing grasslands, when compared to their south-facing counterparts.
Some of these ' were removed altered backward to the north ', again to enlarge an alley.
In recent years, communities, government agencies, and researchers in the north have begun to employ multiple media formats and communication strategies to approach these challenges.
For living quarters the chamber on the north side of the building and storage for all her things.
This terminology is referred to when the process takes place either north or south of the reconnection point.
Smoke tests and measurements of air velocity indicated that a mild north-easterly wind (0.5 1.5m/s) generated very effective cross ventilation (see section).
Trending north-northeast along the edge of the pack, hunting began in earnest.
The remaining pieces of the relief from the north and south sides as well as the back are fixed to the walls of the room.
It gradually reached the southeast and the north as large dams were also constructed in those locales.
Unlike the other walls that make up the external perimeter of the church, the north face is hidden by the adjacent accommodation.
Both were arranged along the north-south axis; the former was completed in 1632, the latter built in 1624 + 26.
Both men had been captured by life in the north and could never return to the south.
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Collocations withnorth

north

These are words often used in combination with north.

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due north
Change of clothes, plenty on the road, nearly ended up in a collective centre but carried on, duenorth.
journey north
Surely it must be a very expensive journeynorth to wipe out that advantage.
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