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DUE SOUTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does due south mean?
• DUE SOUTH (noun)
The noun DUE SOUTH has 1 sense:
1. the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
Familiarity information: DUE SOUTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
due south; S; south; southward
Hypernyms ("due south" is a kind of...):
cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)
Context examples
She headed nearly due south, yawing, of course, all the time.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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