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Definition north

Etymology

From Middle English north, from Old English nor�, cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Dutch noord, West Frisian noard, German Nord, Danish and Norwegian nord, all from a Proto-Germanic *nur�r?, and cognate with Greek ???????? (n�rteros, �infernal, lower�) possibly all ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *ner- (�left, below�), as north is to the left when one faces the rising sun.

Noun

north (countable and uncountable, plural norths)

1. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0�, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N.
2. The up or positive direction.
3. (physics) 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).

Adjective

north (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the north; northern.
2. Toward the north; northward.
3. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north.
4. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic.
5. (colloquial) More or greater than.

Adverb

north (not comparable)

1. Toward the north; northward.

Verb

north (third-person singular simple present norths, present participle northing, simple past and past participle northed)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north.

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