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North

(n/O/r/T/ )

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

Example:
Artists like north light.
The north portico.

Antonym:
south

source: wordnet30
Lying toward the north; situated at the north, or in a northern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the north, or coming from the north.(adjective)

source: webster1913

the region of the United States lying to the north of the Mason-Dixon line(noun.location)

source: wordnet30
the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)(noun.location)

Example:
The North's superior resources turned the scale.

Synonym:
union

source: wordnet30
the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees(noun.linkdef)

Synonym:
due north, n, northward

source: wordnet30
a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city(noun.location)

source: wordnet30
the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point(noun.linkdef)

source: wordnet30
the direction in which a compass needle points(noun.linkdef)

Synonym:
compass north, magnetic north

source: wordnet30
British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)(noun.person)

Synonym:
frederick north, second earl of guilford

source: wordnet30
That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left hand of a person facing the east; the direction opposite to the south.(noun)

source: webster1913

To turn or move toward the north; to veer from the east or west toward the north.(verb)

source: webster1913