--- title: N — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 15 description: The 369 words of the English dictionary under N, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / N # N — The English dictionary · page 15 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) … [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/14/) **15** [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/16/) … [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/page/20/) **nonsense** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nonsense is words or ideas that are silly, untrue or have no meaning.[↗](../../nonsense/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Nonsense is also silly or annoying behaviour, as in "Stop this nonsense!".[↗](../../nonsense/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* "Nonsense!" is said to disagree strongly with something.[↗](../../nonsense/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Nonsense words and nonsense poems are made up for fun and do not have real meanings.[↗](../../nonsense/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Don't talk nonsense — monsters don't live under your bed.[↗](../../nonsense/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Jabberwocky" is a famous nonsense poem.[↗](../../nonsense/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In phonics we read nonsense words like "plim" and "groft".[↗](../../nonsense/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · "I'm too old to play." "[↗](../../nonsense/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Nonsense\![↗](../../nonsense/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Come and join in."[↗](../../nonsense/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That's enough of this nonsense; sit down, please.[↗](../../nonsense/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The idea that goldfish remember only three seconds is nonsense.[↗](../../nonsense/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our coach is a no-nonsense woman who expects hard work.[↗](../../nonsense/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · 'My friend, you are talking nonsense.[↗](../../nonsense/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **nonstop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Nonstop means without stopping or pausing.[↗](../../nonstop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A nonstop flight, train or bus goes straight to the end without stopping at any station or airport on the way.[↗](../../nonstop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Happening all the time, so much that it feels like it never ends.[↗](../../nonstop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We took a nonstop flight from Sydney to Perth.[↗](../../nonstop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It rained nonstop for the whole camping trip.[↗](../../nonstop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little brother talked nonstop all the way to Nan's house.[↗](../../nonstop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The train ran nonstop from London to Edinburgh.[↗](../../nonstop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A cyclist rode nonstop for 2 hours at 15 km an hour, so she went 30 km.[↗](../../nonstop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The party was nonstop fun from start to finish.[↗](../../nonstop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The phone rang nonstop after the news came out.[↗](../../nonstop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **noodle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Noodles are long, thin strips of dough made from flour, water and sometimes egg, cooked in boiling water or soup.[↗](../../noodle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Informally, your noodle is your head or brain.[↗](../../noodle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A pool noodle is a long, soft foam tube used to float in water.[↗](../../noodle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Noodle can also mean a silly or foolish person.[↗](../../noodle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had chicken noodle soup for lunch.[↗](../../noodle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I eat noodles with chopsticks.[↗](../../noodle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Instant noodles are ready in three minutes.[↗](../../noodle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Use your noodle and work it out\![↗](../../noodle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She floated on a pool noodle.[↗](../../noodle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rice noodles are made from rice flour.[↗](../../noodle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After all, their faces said, were they not noodles to want to go?[↗](../../noodle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **nook** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small, cosy or hidden corner of a place.[↗](../../nook/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She read in a nook by the window.[↗](../../nook/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They looked in every nook and corner.[↗](../../nook/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat curled up in a quiet nook.[↗](../../nook/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **noon** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Noon is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.[↗](../../noon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Noon is 12 o'clock in the daytime, also called midday.[↗](../../noon/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is the time when the sun is about highest in the sky.[↗](../../noon/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shop opens at 9 and closes at noon.[↗](../../noon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How long is it open?[↗](../../noon/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lunch is at noon.[↗](../../noon/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He worked from noon until 5 o'clock.[↗](../../noon/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It is 2 hours after noon.[↗](../../noon/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · At noon our shadows are very short.[↗](../../noon/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We must finish the hike by noon.[↗](../../noon/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The church bell rings twelve times at noon.[↗](../../noon/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Noon is 12:00 in the day, and midnight is 12:00 at night.[↗](../../noon/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · It was past noon when he awoke.[↗](../../noon/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon; for they heard that they should eat bread there.[↗](../../noon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noon/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.'[↗](../../noon/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.43.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noon/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And they went out at noon.[↗](../../noon/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.20.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noon/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I complain, and moan; and He hath heard my voice.[↗](../../noon/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.55.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noon/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died.[↗](../../noon/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.4.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noon/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **noonday** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The middle of the day, about twelve o'clock; midday.[↗](../../noonday/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had our picnic at noonday.[↗](../../noonday/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun was hot at noonday.[↗](../../noonday/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Shadows are shortest at noonday.[↗](../../noonday/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.[↗](../../noonday/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.28.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noonday/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope at noonday as in the night.[↗](../../noonday/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noonday/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday.[↗](../../noonday/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.91.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noonday/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And He will make thy righteousness to go forth as the light, and thy right as the noonday.[↗](../../noonday/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.37.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noonday/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **noontide** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Midday, the middle of the day.[↗](../../noontide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I said: In the noontide of my days I shall go, even to the gates of the nether-world; I am deprived of the residue of my years.[↗](../../noontide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.38.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noontide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not; and let him hear a cry in the morning, and an alarm at noontide; (Prophets JER.20.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noontide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **noose** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A loop of rope or string that tightens when the end is pulled.[↗](../../noose/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He tied a noose in the end of the rope.[↗](../../noose/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer caught the calf with a noose.[↗](../../noose/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rope made a loop, or noose, at one end.[↗](../../noose/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.[↗](../../noose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.18.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../noose/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **normal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Usual, ordinary or expected; what happens most of the time.[↗](../../normal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Healthy and as it should be: normal temperature.[↗](../../normal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Noun: the usual state: «Things are back to normal».[↗](../../normal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's normal to feel nervous on the first day.[↗](../../normal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Your normal body temperature is about 37 °C.[↗](../../normal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Things went back to normal after the storm.[↗](../../normal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I got up earlier than normal.[↗](../../normal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a normal school day.[↗](../../normal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It's normal for babies to cry.[↗](../../normal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Normally we walk to school.[↗](../../normal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice cream was twice its normal price.[↗](../../normal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **normalise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something seem normal or ordinary, so people accept it, as in "normalise talking about feelings".[↗](../../normalise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To return something to a normal state, as in "relations normalised".[↗](../../normalise/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (maths, science) To change numbers to a standard scale so they can be compared.[↗](../../normalise/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We should normalise talking about mental health.[↗](../../normalise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Laughing at bullying normalises it, which is wrong.[↗](../../normalise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After the storm, life slowly normalised.[↗](../../normalise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two countries agreed to normalise relations.[↗](../../normalise/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists normalise the results so they can compare them.[↗](../../normalise/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her temperature normalised after the medicine.[↗](../../normalise/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some games normalise violence, critics say.[↗](../../normalise/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **normally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Usually; in most cases: «I normally walk to school».[↗](../../normally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a normal or ordinary way: «Breathe normally».[↗](../../normally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I normally have cereal for breakfast.[↗](../../normally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Normally the library is quiet.[↗](../../normally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathe normally and relax.[↗](../../normally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The shop is normally open on Sundays, but not today.[↗](../../normally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bus normally comes at eight.[↗](../../normally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the cast came off, he could walk normally again.[↗](../../normally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Although Resh is usually thought to belong to the letters which cannot normally receive a dagesh, this was apparently not the case for these traditions.[↗](../../normally/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../normally/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The first is clearly the root שָׁכַב shakhav ‘to lie, lie down’, but שכובה looks like a passive participle, shekhuvah, while shakhav is normally an intransitive verb not amenable to being made passive.[↗](../../normally/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../normally/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **norman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* noun (history).[↗](../../norman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* The Normans were people from Normandy in northern France; in 1066 William the Conqueror led them to conquer England.[↗](../../norman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* adjective: To do with the Normans.[↗](../../norman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Norman castles, Norman French.[↗](../../norman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Norman is a man's first name, and also a surname.[↗](../../norman/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Normans invaded England in 1066.[↗](../../norman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · William the Conqueror was a Norman duke.[↗](../../norman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We visited a Norman castle with thick stone walls.[↗](../../norman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Norman French gave English words like «beef» and «court».[↗](../../norman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bayeux Tapestry shows the Norman invasion.[↗](../../norman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad's name is Norman.[↗](../../norman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Norman churches have round arches.[↗](../../norman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **norse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Norse describes the people of old Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Iceland) in the time of the Vikings, and their language, gods and stories.[↗](../../norse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Old Norse is the language the Vikings spoke.[↗](../../norse/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Norse are the people of that time.[↗](../../norse/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thor is a Norse god of thunder.[↗](../../norse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We read Norse myths about Odin and Loki.[↗](../../norse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Vikings spoke Old Norse.[↗](../../norse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Norse sailors reached North America long before Columbus.[↗](../../norse/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Sky» and «egg» came into English from Old Norse.[↗](../../norse/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Norse believed in a great tree joining nine worlds.[↗](../../norse/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dublin was founded as a Norse town.[↗](../../norse/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **north** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* North is one of the four main directions, towards the top of most maps.[↗](../../north/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") The other three are south, east and west.[↗](../../north/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The north of a country or place is the part that lies in that direction.[↗](../../north/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* North also means going towards the north: we drove north.[↗](../../north/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* The North Pole is the most northern point of the Earth.[↗](../../north/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He walked 5 km north and then 3 km south.[↗](../../north/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") How far is he from the start?[↗](../../north/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The town is 20 km north of the city.[↗](../../north/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The north side of the garden is 10 m long.[↗](../../north/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds fly north in spring.[↗](../../north/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A compass needle always points north.[↗](../../north/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Polar bears live near the North Pole.[↗](../../north/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school is north of the river.[↗](../../north/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Scotland is in the north of Great Britain.[↗](../../north/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards.[↗](../../north/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.26.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../north/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, (Torah EXO.36.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../north/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And this shall be your north border: from the Great Sea ye shall mark out your line unto mount Hor; (Torah NUM.34.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../north/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Can iron break iron from the north and brass?[↗](../../north/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.15.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../north/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of the north cometh golden splendour, about God is terrible majesty.[↗](../../north/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.37.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../north/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of the Chamber cometh the storm; and cold out of the north.[↗](../../north/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.37.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../north/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **northeast** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Northeast is the direction halfway between north and east on a compass.[↗](../../northeast/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The northeast of a country or area is the part in that direction, for example the Northeast of England or the northeastern United States.[↗](../../northeast/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A northeast wind blows from the northeast.[↗](../../northeast/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The treasure is buried to the northeast of the old oak tree.[↗](../../northeast/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Newcastle is in the northeast of England.[↗](../../northeast/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the compass so the needle points north, then look halfway towards east: that is northeast.[↗](../../northeast/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A cold northeast wind blew across the field.[↗](../../northeast/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Maine and Vermont are in the northeastern United States.[↗](../../northeast/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship sailed northeast for two days.[↗](../../northeast/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Northeast is written NE on a map.[↗](../../northeast/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I am Momotaro, and I am on my way to subdue the devils in their island stronghold in the northeast of Japan.[↗](../../northeast/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · These symbolize also twelve directions in space: northeast, southeast, the east above, the east below, the northwest, southwest, the west above, the west below, the upper south, the lower south, the upper north, the lower north.[↗](../../northeast/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../northeast/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **northeastern** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In or from the northeast.[↗](../../northeastern/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Their measure is the Twelve Diagonal Borders: Northeastern border, Southeastern border, Upper-Eastern border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Northern border, Lower-Northern border, Southwestern border, Northwestern border, Upper-Western border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Southern border, Lower-Southern border.[↗](../../northeastern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../northeastern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **northern** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Northern means in or from the north part of a place.[↗](../../northern/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Northern also means facing or going towards the north.[↗](../../northern/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The Northern Lights are bright, colourful lights that shine across the night sky near the North Pole.[↗](../../northern/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Scotland is in the northern part of Great Britain.[↗](../../northern/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The northern lights glow in the night sky in the far north.[↗](../../northern/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We live in the Northern Hemisphere.[↗](../../northern/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It snows more in northern Canada.[↗](../../northern/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.[↗](../../northern/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The northern side of the house gets less sun in the UK.[↗](../../northern/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Birds fly south to escape the northern winter.[↗](../../northern/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Darwin is in northern Australia, where it is hot.[↗](../../northern/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The crown-shaped Northern Light burned fiercely in the sky.[↗](../../northern/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Their measure is the Twelve Diagonal Borders: Northeastern border, Southeastern border, Upper-Eastern border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Northern border, Lower-Northern border, Southwestern border, Northwestern border, Upper-Western border, Lower-Western border, Upper-Southern border, Lower-Southern border.[↗](../../northern/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../northern/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **northward** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (adverb) Towards the north: the geese flew northward.[↗](../../northward/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Going or facing towards the north: a northward journey.[↗](../../northward/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The geese fly northward in spring.[↗](../../northward/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We drove northward along the coast.[↗](../../northward/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The river flows northward to the sea.[↗](../../northward/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm is moving northward.[↗](../../northward/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The northward road was blocked by snow.[↗](../../northward/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk northward until you see the lighthouse.[↗](../../northward/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The explorers made their way northwards across the ice.[↗](../../northward/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Early in the spring, when the storks were again about to journey northward, beautiful Helga took off her golden bracelets, scratched her name on them, and beckoned to the stork-father.[↗](../../northward/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Ye have compassed this mountain long enough; turn you northward.[↗](../../northward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.2.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../northward/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he put the table in the tent of meeting, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil.[↗](../../northward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.40.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../northward/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · the prince of the fathers' house of the families of Merari being Zuriel the son of Abihail; they were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward; (Torah NUM.3.35, JPS 1917)[↗](../../northward/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Then for Zechariah his son, a discreet counsellor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.[↗](../../northward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../northward/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah.[↗](../../northward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.18.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../northward/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the Storehouse two and two.[↗](../../northward/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.26.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../northward/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) … 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