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# north

«north» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the four main directions, towards the top of most…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (the north); adjective (north, northern); adverb (north)

### meaning for a pupil

1) North is one of the four main directions, towards the top of most maps. The other three are south, east and west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#m1)

2) The north of a country or place is the part that lies in that direction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#m2)

3) North also means going towards the north: we drove north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#m3)

4) The North Pole is the most northern point of the Earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a direction of travel; going north then south may take away, north then east makes a path; opposite directions take away, the same direction adds. In geography and science: a compass needle points north; the North Pole; in the northern half of the world the sun is in the south at noon. Phrases: to the north, north of, the north side, up north, north-east, north-west, North Pole.

### examples

- He walked 5 km north and then 3 km south. How far is he from the start? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#x1)
- The town is 20 km north of the city. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#x2)
- The north side of the garden is 10 m long. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#x3)
- Birds fly north in spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#x4)
- A compass needle always points north. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#x5)
- Polar bears live near the North Pole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#x6)
- Our school is north of the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#x7)
- Scotland is in the north of Great Britain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/#x8)

### note

Small letter for the direction (go north), capital in names (North America, the North Pole). Opposite: south. Opposite directions (north and south) take away to find the distance from the start; the same direction adds. Trap: the total distance walked is still the sum. Trap: «birds fly north in spring» is true in the northern half of the world; in Australia and New Zealand it is the other way.

### In the corpora

- [The North American wood frog can freeze solid in winter, with its heart stopped, and thaw and hop away in spring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/55-sleep-and-hibernation/12/)
- [Zoos swap animals between countries through planned breeding programmes, called EEPs in Europe and SSPs in North America.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/113-breeding-programmes-for-rare-animals/6/)
- [Wild penguins live only in the southern half of the world; none live in Madagascar or at the North Pole.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/129-madagascar-real-penguins-and-chimps/5/)
- [A North American porcupine has about 30,000 quills, and it rattles them and stamps as a warning first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/154-more-animal-myths-from-cartoons/8/)
- [Raccoons are common in North American cities like Toronto, where they raid bins and nest in attics and chimneys.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «north» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/north/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.