north
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.
Noun 4 meanings
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.”
The up or positive direction.
“Stock prices are heading back towards the north.”
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).
In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.
Adjective 4 meanings
Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
“He lived in north Germany.”
Toward the north; northward.
“Napoleon ordered Villeneuve north to France.”
Of wind, from the north.
“The north wind was cold.”
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
“north highway 1”
Adverb 1 meaning
Toward the north; northward; northerly.
“Switzerland is north of Italy.”
Etymology
From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nér (“below (the surface)”).
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NORTH at a glance
NORTH has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (N 1 + O 1 + R 1 + T 1 + H 4) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #433 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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