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{
"term": "south",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"image": "data/images/co/compasses.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the direction that is on your right when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass",
"sensetop": "to the south (of…)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Which way is south?"
},
{
"text": "warmer weather coming from the south"
},
{
"text": "a south-facing garden"
},
{
"text": "He lives to the south of *(= further south than)* the city.",
"contextForm": "to the south (of…)"
},
{
"text": "views of distant mountains to north and south"
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "the southern part of a country, a region or the world",
"sensetop": "in the south",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "birds flying to the south for the winter"
},
{
"text": "Houses are less expensive in the North than in the South *(= of the country)*.",
"contextForm": "in the south"
},
{
"text": "They bought a villa in the South of France."
}
],
"topics": ["Geography"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the southern states of the US",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The South used to rely heavily on agriculture."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the poorer countries in the southern half of the world",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The South comprises many diverse countries."
},
{
"text": "the vast informal economies of the Global South"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/saʊθ/",
"audio": "so/south/south__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/saʊθ/",
"audio": "so/south/south__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English sūth, of Germanic origin; related to Low German sud."
}