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Adjective north has 1 sense

north - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
Antonyms: south, southbound, southward, south-central, southerly, southern, southernmost, southmost, southeastern, southeasterly, southeast, southeastward, southwestern, southwesterly, southwest, southwestward

Adverbial north has 1 sense

north, to the north, in the north, northerly, northwards, northward - in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!"

Noun north has 6 senses

North - the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon Line
--₁ is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
--₁ is a part of
United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
--₁ has members: Yankee, Yank, Northerner
Union, North - 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"
--₂ is a kind of United States, United States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.
--₂ has parts: free state
north, due north, N - the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
--₃ is a kind of cardinal compass point
North, northland, septentrion - any region lying in or toward the north
--₄ is a kind of region
north, magnetic north, compass north - the direction in which a compass needle points
--₅ is a kind of direction
North, Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford - British statesman under George III whose policies led to rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792)
--₆ is a kind of statesman, solon, national leader