north

north is on the Basic English 850 List.

normal - north - nose

north is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

normal - north - not

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /nɔːθ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /nɔrθ/ or /norθ/, enPR: nôrth
• (AU) (NZ) IPA ^(key): /noːθ/

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Noun

Singular north

Plural none

1. North is the direction towards the top of the Earth, opposite to south; If you are looking north, the sun sets on your left.

   Canada is the biggest country in North America.

2. North is the end of a magnet that points north.
3. The north is the area of land north of the speaker; Also the Arctic.

Preposition

Preposition north

1. In the direction north; towards the north

   The place you want is two miles north of here.

   It's colder here because we're further north.

• 
  On this map, north is at the top.
• 
  North is at the top in red.
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  The north end of this magnet is on the left.

Related words

• northern
• northerly

Directions (edit)

north - east - south - west

up - down | forward - backward | left - right