- usually the norththe direction that is on your left when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass
- Which way is north?
- cold winds coming from the north
- a north-facing wall
- to the north (of…) Mount Kenya is to the north of (= further north than) Nairobi.
- views of distant mountains to north and south
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- magnetic
- true
- frozen
- …
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- the north, the Norththe northern part of a country, a region or the world
- birds migrating from the north
- in the north Houses are less expensive in the North (= of England) than in the South.
- They wanted to escape the cold of the north.
- The main road ran across the north of the island.
- There's been a severe earthquake in the north of the country.
- Edinburgh was called the Athens of the North.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- magnetic
- true
- frozen
- …
- the Norththe north-east states of the US which fought against the South in the American Civil War
- Some delegates from Virginia voted to join the North.
- the Norththe richer and more developed countries of the world, especially in Europe and North America
- The North refused to commit itself to safeguarding species diversity.
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noord and German nord.
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