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 Dictionary entry overview: What does North mean? 

• NORTH (noun)
  The noun NORTH has 7 senses:

1. the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

2. the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

3. the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

4. a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city

5. the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point

6. the direction in which a compass needle points

7. British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)

  Familiarity information: NORTH used as a noun is common.

• NORTH (adjective)
  The adjective NORTH has 1 sense:

1. situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north

  Familiarity information: NORTH used as an adjective is very rare.

• NORTH (adverb)
  The adverb NORTH has 1 sense:

1. in a northern direction

  Familiarity information: NORTH used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Meronyms (members of "North"):

Northerner; Yank; Yankee (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))

Attribute:

northern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)

Holonyms ("North" is a part of...):

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

North; Union

Context example:

the North's superior resources turned the scale

Instance hypernyms:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Meronyms (parts of "North"):

free state (any state prohibiting slavery prior to the American Civil War)

Attribute:

northern (in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

due north; N; north; northward

Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):

cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A location in the northern part of a country, region, or city

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):

location (a point or extent in space)

Attribute:

north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)

northern (situated in or coming from regions of the north)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):

direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The direction in which a compass needle points

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

compass north; magnetic north; north

Hypernyms ("north" is a kind of...):

direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)

Sense 7

Meaning:

British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Frederick North; North; Second Earl of Guilford

Instance hypernyms:

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

• NORTH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north

Context example:

the north portico

Similar:

northbound; northward (moving toward the north)

north-central (situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region)

northerly; northern (coming from the north; used especially of wind)

northerly; northern (situated in or oriented toward the north)

northernmost; northmost (situated farthest north)

northeast; northeasterly; northeastern (situated in or oriented toward the northeast)

northeast; northeasterly (coming from the northeast)

northeastward (toward the northeast)

northwest; northwesterly; northwestern (situated in or oriented toward the northwest)

northwest; northwesterly (coming from the northwest)

northwestward (toward the northwest)

Attribute:

north (a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city)

Antonym:

south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)

• NORTH (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a northern direction

Synonyms:

north; northerly; northward; northwards

Context example:

Let's go north!

 Context examples 

In twenty hours he had made over a hundred miles to the north, and was still going when captured.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

I was ten miles or so from Eyford, that was all I knew, but whether north, south, east, or west I had no idea.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Is there a train to North Walsham to-night?”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Three miles farther, just inside the mouth of North Inlet, what should we meet but the HISPANIOLA, cruising by herself?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

She doesn't know her mind a bit; she seems to see the storm coming, but can't decide whether to run up north in the open, or to put in here.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Distant and quiet as the North Pole. He shall see to the boat being fresh named. She's the “Stormy Petrel” now.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“I am a man of the north country, from the town of Beverley and the wapentake of Holderness,” he answered.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As we followed it north we began to encounter the dreaded sea-fogs.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

There lived here then, away at the North, a beautiful princess, who was also a powerful sorceress.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

North on Rhea is up and rotated 36 degrees to the right.

(Regarding Rhea, NASA)