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 →

2) The north of a country or place is the part that lies in that direction. tree →

3) North also means going towards the north: we drove north. tree →

4) The North Pole is the most northern point of the Earth. tree →

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 →
• The town is 20 km north of the city. tree →
• The north side of the garden is 10 m long. tree →
• Birds fly north in spring. tree →
• A compass needle always points north. tree →
• Polar bears live near the North Pole. tree →
• Our school is north of the river. tree →
• Scotland is in the north of Great Britain. tree →

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.
• Zoos swap animals between countries through planned breeding programmes, called EEPs in Europe and SSPs in North America.
• Wild penguins live only in the southern half of the world; none live in Madagascar or at the North Pole.
• A North American porcupine has about 30,000 quills, and it rattles them and stamps as a warning first.
• Raccoons are common in North American cities like Toronto, where they raid bins and nest in attics and chimneys.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «north» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.