north
671
1.0
- adverb
- /nɔrθ/
:
hacia el norte
- And then we spent the rest of the day driving up north back to Auckland.
- travel north
- head north
- move north
I am going north from Los Angeles.
- I am going north from Los Angeles.
- Plus it's quite a bit farther north than where I'm in Florida.
- She goes, no, you're going to the jungles up north with a camera crew.
- Watsonville is located up north by Santa Cruz.
- So what, what got you guys up north from Florida?
- Like no more cold weather, you know, for you guys who live up north, no more snow.
- Got to get out of here and I've got them to send me up north to Manchester.
- So, so the north side of the needle points north, and that's how you know it's north.
- And if you can show me how to get north because I'm lost, you know what I'm saying?
Examples
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Now that they were moving north again, the wind was at their backs.
Fiction book (1990) -
Our 1999 conference will take us north of the border to our friendly neighbor, Canada.
Academic text (1999) -
I am going north from Los Angeles.
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So the final mile north brings you back to your starting point.
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23 miles north of the White House.
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We'll grab a train, we'll head north!
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The group divided into two teams and headed north along a line of dunes.
Academic text (1990) -
Use your wits, hitch a ride, keep heading north.
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As oak trees take root farther north, more acorns, a bear favorite, will be available in northern Minnesota.
Academic text (2011) -
We drove north for several hours before stopping for gas.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
25
2.5
The part of the Atlantic Ocean north of the equator between Europe and the Americas
15
2.9
A public university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, known for strong research and teaching
14
3.7
An agreement from 1994 that made trade easier between the United States, Canada, and Mexico
- Formal
1
6.0
A group in NATO that makes political decisions and includes permanent representatives from each member country
- Formal
1
4.1
An agreement signed in 1949 where countries promise to defend each other and form NATO
A group of European and North American countries that work together for military defence
1
2.8
The smaller of New Zealand's two main islands, with more people and separated from South Island by Cook Strait
A large park in northern Washington State, USA with high mountains and old gold rush sites
- Specialized
1
6.7
A compass direction slightly north of northeast, about 34 degrees from east
- Specialized
1
4.6
The direction on a compass halfway between north and northeast, slightly east of north
- Specialized
The direction the north end of a magnetic needle points toward on Earth
- Specialized
A group of Dravidian languages spoken in eastern India, like Kurukh and Malto
- Specialized
A group of related languages spoken in eastern India like Kurukh and Malto
- Specialized
A warm ocean flow that moves west across the Pacific just north of the equator
- Specialized
A group of languages spoken in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands
- Specialized
A point in the sky above Earth's North Pole that stars appear to turn around and is near Polaris
A narrow sea passage between Northern Ireland and Scotland linking the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea
- New Zealand
A New Zealand plant that lives many years and grows on high mountains with white woolly flower heads
A river in central United States that starts in Colorado and joins the South Platte to form the Platte River
- Specialized
The part of Earth between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer with changing seasons
- Specialized
The end of a magnet that points toward Earth's north when it hangs freely
A large public university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, known for research
Surface Forms
Etymology
North originally named the direction and later became an adverb meaning 'toward the north', and you can see the same idea in northward. So to travel north is to move toward the top of the map.