north

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Antonyms 1.3.4 Coordinate terms 1.3.5 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Adverb 1.5.1 Antonyms 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /nɔː(ɹ)θ/, SAMPA: /nO:(r)T/

  Rhymes: -ɔː(r)θ

• (US) IPA: /nɔːθ/, /noːɻθ/, SAMPA: /nO:T/, /no:r\`T/

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English, from Old English norþ, cognate with various Germanic counterparts such as Dutch noord(en), all from a Proto-Germanic root *nurtha-, and cognate with Greek νέρτερος (nerteros) 'infernal, lower' possibly all ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root *ner- "left, below", as north is to the left when one faces the rising sun

[edit] Noun

north (uncountable)

1. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map.
2. The up or positive direction.

   Stock prices are heading north.

3. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks Earth's magnetic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).

[edit] Derived terms

grid north magnetic north north by east north by west northbound

northeast northerly northern northerner

northing north-northeast north-northwest northward

northwardly northwards northwest true north

[edit] Related terms

• Norse

[edit] Antonyms

• south

[edit] Coordinate terms

• (compass point): east, south, west

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

north (not comparable)

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

   north highway 1

[edit] Synonyms

• (of the north): boreal

[edit] Antonyms

• south

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

north

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

   north highway 1

[edit] Antonyms

• south

[edit] Translations

• Dutch: noordwaarts

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: hnort
• thorn