north

Adjective

• situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north
  • artists like north light
    
  • the north portico
    

Noun

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

• the direction in which a compass needle points

• the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point

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

• the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

• the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
  • he has visited every state in the Union
    
  • Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union
    
  • the North's superior resources turned the scale
    

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

Adverb

• in a northern direction
  • they earn more up north
    
  • Let's go north!
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  North , Frederick North , Second Earl of Guilford , magnetic north , compass north , due north , northward , N , Union , northerly , northwards