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NORTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):
location (a point or extent in space)
Attribute:
north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)
northern (situated in or coming from regions of the north)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
Example:
the North's superior resources turned the scale
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Meronyms (parts of "North"):
free state (any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War)
Attribute:
northern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
Domain region:
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Meronyms (members of "North"):
Northerner; Yank; Yankee (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))
Attribute:
northern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)
Holonyms ("North" is a part of...):
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)
Sense 4
Meaning:
British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
Synonyms:
Frederick North; North; Second Earl of Guilford
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
Synonyms:
due north; N; north; northward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):
cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)
Sense 6
Meaning:
The direction in which a compass needle points
Synonyms:
compass north; magnetic north; north
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
Example:
the north portico
Classified under:
Similar:
northbound; northward (moving toward the north)
north-central (situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region)
northerly; northern (coming from the north; used especially of wind)
northerly; northern (situated in or oriented toward the north)
northernmost; northmost (situated farthest north)
northeast; northeasterly; northeastern (situated in or oriented toward the northeast)
northeast; northeasterly (coming from the northeast)
northeastward (toward the northeast)
northwest; northwesterly; northwestern (situated in or oriented toward the northwest)
northwest; northwesterly (coming from the northwest)
northwestward (toward the northwest)
Attribute:
north (a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city)
Antonym:
south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a northern direction
Example:
Let's go north!
Synonyms:
north; northerly; northward; northwards
Classified under:
Context examples:
An eastern North American perennial herb.
(Black cohosh, NCI Dictionary)
Because of this extreme tilt, during the planet's summer the Sun shines almost directly onto the north pole and never sets.
(Hubble Reveals Dynamic Atmospheres of Uranus, Neptune, NASA)
It was a long walk to North Oakland, but it was not until he went up the steps and entered his room that he knew he had walked it.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
North by ten and by ten, east by five and by five, south by two and by two, west by one and by one, and so under.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
This eclipse will occur in North and South America on December 25, but for the rest of the world, it will happen on December 26.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
In the north he had learned the lesson that he must let the master's dogs alone, and he did not forget that lesson now.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
South or north, I know a black cloud when I see it; and you must not set forward while it is so threatening.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
And their mother had the satisfaction of knowing that she would be able to show her married daughter in the neighbourhood before she was banished to the North.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
"We will kill you if we can," said the men in the east. "We will kill you if we can," said the men in the north.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I come from a place farther north, quite on the borders of Scotland.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
