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Definition of north adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

north

adverb
 
 
/nɔːθ/
 
/nɔːrθ/
Idioms
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  1.  
     towards the north
    • The house faces north.
    • The train was heading north to Paris.
  2.  
     north of something nearer to the north than something
    • They live ten miles north of Boston.
  3. north of something (finance or North American English, informal) more or higher than something
    • The estimated value is north of $5.4 billion.
    • The shares had already been trading north of £30.
    • temperatures north of 35°C
    4. opposite south
    Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noord and German nord.
Idioms
up north
  1. (informal) to or in the north of a country, especially England
    • They've gone to live up north.
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