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south
[ noun adjective adverb south; verb south, south ]
noun
- a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. : S
- the direction in which this point lies.
- (usually initial capital letter) a region or territory situated in this direction.
- the South, the general area south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi, consisting mainly of those states that formed the Confederacy.
adjective
- lying toward or situated in the south; directed or proceeding toward the south.
- coming from the south, as a wind.
adverb
- to, toward, or in the south.
- Informal. into a state of serious decline, loss, or the like:
Sales went south during the recession.
verb (used without object)
- to turn or move in a southerly direction.
- Astronomy. to cross the meridian.
South
1/ ʊθ /
noun
- the southern part of England, generally regarded as lying to the south of an imaginary line between the Wash and the Severn
- in the US
- the area approximately south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, esp those states south of the Mason-Dixon line that formed the Confederacy during the Civil War
- the Confederacy itself
- the countries of the world that are not economically and technically advanced
adjective
- of or denoting the southern part of a specified country, area, etc
- ( capital as part of a name )
the South Pacific
south
2/ ʊθ /
noun
- one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at 180° from north and 90° clockwise from east and anticlockwise from west
- the direction along a meridian towards the South Pole
- the southoften capital any area lying in or towards the south meridionalaustral
- usually capital cards the player or position at the table corresponding to south on the compass
adjective
- situated in, moving towards, or facing the south
- (esp of the wind) from the south
adverb
- in, to, or towards the south
- archaic.(of the wind) from the south
Word History and Origins
Origin of south1
Word History and Origins
Origin of south1
Idioms and Phrases
see go south .Example Sentences
Hardy and his co-star Forest Whitaker were spotted filming in south Wales in 2021, but the production experienced several delays because of the pandemic and the writers strike in the US.
Nearly 80 students across two high schools in Cianjur, south of the capital Jakarta, fell ill after eating the meals this week.
His earlier intestinal surgery was in response to ongoing health issues after he was stabbed in 2018 on the campaign trail in the south eastern state of Minas Gerais.
The constituency combines the industrial town of Runcorn, sitting on the banks of the River Mersey, with a more rural area stretching south towards Chester.
Mr Kaba was shot dead after he tried to ram his way out of a police vehicle stop in south London in September 2022.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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