English Dictionary

north

/nɔːθ/

noun

One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map (or even, sometimes used instead of the relative directional term up), abbreviated as N.

I live in the north of the city.

意味（1）

One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map (or even, sometimes used instead of the relative directional term up), abbreviated as N.

Minnesota is in the north of the USA.

意味（2）

The up or positive direction.

Stock prices are heading back towards the north.

意味（3）

(physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole).

意味（4）

Alternative letter-case form of North (“a northern region; the inhabitants thereof”).

[…] and after independence the north clung to sugar production longer than the south, with the result that when the north took […]

意味（5）

(ecclesiastical) In a church: the direction to the left-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.