north side
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- noun
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lado norte
- The park is located on the north side of the river, providing a peaceful view.
- the north side of the city
- the north side of the mountain
- the north side of the river
So, so the north side of the needle points north, and that's how you know it's north.
- So, so the north side of the needle points north, and that's how you know it's north.
- The second plane came around the southern end of Manhattan and hit the north, the the South side of the tower, blowing out the north side of the tower on top of us.
- No, for the most part, because it wasn't too hard to sit there and say I got to meet with this person on the north side of Bogota and a hotel.
- Actually, he was in, in Everest in the South side and I, I was in the north side and when, when it happened, I was with Emmeline in Shoyu.
- The trouble with the new Vienna on the north side of the river is that it has no amateur either of the old City or of the Ringstraser to hold it together.
Examples
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They drive a hybrid SUV, live on the north side of town in a cul-de-sac near the park.
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The Fairlane approaches Town Hall, a square two-story building on the north side of the Common.
Fiction book (1997) -
- I know it's on the north side of town.
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Yeah, a big one over on the north side.
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Stay on the north side of the lake.
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I live out on the north side. Do you know why all these people are here?
Academic text (2008) -
From the north side of Central Park to the Battery.
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What are you doing hanging around the north side, Jonathan?
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There is a designated smoking area on the north side of San Jose.
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Tohono Chul Park, an island of desert beauty, is on the city's north side.
Academic text (1996)
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the part facing or situated toward the north' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'north' (a cardinal direction) with 'side' (a part or face of something). This compositional pattern (direction + side) is cross-linguistically common and follows standard noun-noun modification, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun north side comes from a simple, literal image: north is the direction and side is the part that faces that way. People used the phrase to mean the part of a building, place, or road that is 'toward the north' and often gets less sun, so today it simply means the side that faces north.