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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

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Singular
north

Plural
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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).

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north (not comparable)

Positive
north

Comparative
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Superlative
none (absolute)

  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

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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

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