to the south
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- idiom
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- Let's go around to the south.
- miles to the south
- to the south of the city
- far to the south
North Korea sits right between our allies to the South, South Korea.
- North Korea sits right between our allies to the South, South Korea.
- They're closing the net around what remains to the South, in and around Rafa.
- I've all my life been going to the South, studying the South.
- And and then there's a really deep shaft that's off to the South.
- And it was it was the Scott journey where he ended up going to the South Pole and dying on the way back.
- Because if you come to the South, people judge you stop speaking like that.
- And I went to France to visit with a friend of mine and we went to the South.
- Well, as it turns out, the ocean extends even further to the West and to the South.
Examples
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We should celebrate the culture and the rich musical heritage of our neighbors to the south.
Academic text (2008) -
We are at Waterloo in what's now Belgium, and it's just to the South of Brussels.
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We will turn to the south.
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You know, we should move to the south.
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There are aircraft flying 50 miles to the south.
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That money would enable me to travel to the south of France...
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The smaller island to the south was covered with green fields and white farmhouses.
Fiction book (1991) -
One day she drove to the south end of town where cheap motels lined the highway.
Fiction book (1992) -
And so we settled in Brunswick, which was about an hour to the South of Savannah.
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We took a road trip to explore towns to the south of the mountains.
Synonyms
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Toward the bottom of a map
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Directly toward the south on a compass
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Toward the south
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Toward the south
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
to + the + south
The meaning 'in the direction of the south' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'to' (indicating direction) + 'the' (definite article) + 'south' (directional noun/adv). This is a common spatial construction in English and many other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
To the south comes from the simple act of pointing and moving toward the place marked south on a map or a compass. So, going to the south means 'in the direction of the south'.