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{
"term": "north",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/co/compasses.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the direction that is on your left when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass",
"sensetop": "to the north (of…)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Which way is north?"
},
{
"text": "cold winds coming from the north"
},
{
"text": "a north-facing wall"
},
{
"text": "Mount Kenya is to the north of *(= further north than)* Nairobi.",
"contextForm": "to the north (of…)"
},
{
"text": "views of distant mountains to north and south"
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["magnetic", "true", "frozen"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the northern part of a country, a region or the world",
"sensetop": "in the north",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "birds migrating from the north"
},
{
"text": "Houses are less expensive in the North *(= of England)* than in the South.",
"contextForm": "in the north"
},
{
"text": "They wanted to escape the cold of the north."
},
{
"text": "The main road ran across the north of the island."
},
{
"text": "There's been a severe earthquake in the north of the country."
},
{
"text": "Edinburgh was called the Athens of the North."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["magnetic", "true", "frozen"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the north-east states of the US which fought against the South in the American Civil War",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Some delegates from Virginia voted to join the North."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the richer and more developed countries of the world, especially in Europe and North America",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The North refused to commit itself to safeguarding species diversity."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/nɔːθ/",
"audio": "no/north/north__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/nɔːrθ/",
"audio": "no/north/north__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noord and German nord."
}