English Dictionary

south

noun

One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map (or even, sometimes used instead of the relative directional term down), abbreviated as S.

I live in the south of the city.

意味（1）

One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map (or even, sometimes used instead of the relative directional term down), abbreviated as S.

意味（2）

The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

Just before independence (in 1955) the military garrison in the south rebelled and that was the beginning of a civil war between the north and the south ...

意味（3）

(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.

If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation.

意味（4）

(figuratively) down or the negative direction

意味（5）

(physics) The negative or south pole of a magnet