Meaning

4 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The up or positive direction.

    Stock prices are heading back towards the north.

    the direction in which a compass needle points

  3. (countable, uncountable)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).

    се́верséver

  4. (countable, uncountable)In a church: the direction to the left-hand side of a person facing the altar.

Examples

972 sentences

  1. The weather is bad in the north.

    На Півночі погана погода. — deniko

    deIm Norden ist schlechtes Wetter. — Alois

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  2. Both cars headed north.

    Обидві машини попрямували на північ. — deniko

    ruОбе машины направлялись на север. — marafon

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  3. The boys have gone north.

    Хлопці пішли на північ. — deniko

    ruМальчики пошли на север. — paul_lingvo

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  4. The wind is blowing from the north.

    Вітер дує з півночі. — deniko

    ruВетер дует с севера. — marafon

    deDer Wind weht von Norden her. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. We went due north.

    Ми пішли точно на північ. — mkazarian

    ruМы пошли точно на север. — Hellerick

    deWir fuhren nach Norden. — mayabe

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Middle English north, from Old English norþ, from Proto-West Germanic *norþr, from Pr

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)”). The meaning developed either from "region where the sun is below (the earth)" or from "left side of someone who turns to the east when praying".

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Forms

plural: norths
Singularnorth
Pluralnorths

regular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792):Frederick NorthSecond Earl of Guilford
  • the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees:due northnorthwardN
  • the direction in which a compass needle points:magnetic northcompass north
  • the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War):Union
  • the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line:Northern United States

Antonyms

1 antonyms
southA2

Word family

39 related words
DerivednortheastB1northeasternB1northernB1northwardB2northwestB1northwesternB1east-northeastglobal northgrid northmagnetic northnorthboundnorthbridgenorthcentralnortheasternortheasterlynorthernortherlynorthernernorthienorthingnorthlynorth-northeastnorth-northeasterlynorth-northeastern

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

3 patterns
  • the north pole
  • north pole
  • from the north

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
normalizenormallyB1normativenortheastB1northeasternB1

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