south

«south» in Mova's school dictionary: one of the four main directions, towards the bottom of… — 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 south); adjective (south, southern); adverb (south)

meaning for a pupil

1) South is one of the four main directions, towards the bottom of most maps, opposite to north. tree →

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

3) South also means going towards the south. tree →

4) The South Pole is the most southern point of the Earth, in Antarctica. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths: a direction of travel; opposite to north, so going back takes away from the distance from the start; the same direction adds. In geography: the southern half of the world has summer in December; Australia and New Zealand are in the south. Phrases: to the south, south of, down south, south-east, south-west, the South Pole, Southern Hemisphere.

examples

• The farm is 8 km south of the village. tree →
• She drove 30 km south and then 10 km north. tree →
• The south wall is 6 m long. tree →
• They sailed south for 3 days. tree →
• Penguins live near the South Pole. tree →
• Many birds fly south for the winter in Canada. tree →
• The south of England is warmer than the north. tree →
• The wind is blowing from the south. tree →

note

Small letter for the direction, capital in names (South Africa, the South Pole). Opposite: north. Opposite directions take away to find how far from the start; the same direction adds. Trap: the whole distance travelled is the sum of all parts. Trap: south is not always «hot»: the South Pole is the coldest place on Earth.

In the corpora

• Many TV cartoons are written in one country and drawn in another, often in South Korea, Japan or the Philippines.
• American alligators live in swamps, rivers and lakes in the south-eastern USA and recovered from being endangered once hunting was controlled.
• The bullet ant of South America has one of the most painful stings of any insect.
• Venus flytraps grow wild only in one small area of North and South Carolina in the USA.
• There are about 400 kinds of parrot, most of them in warm places, with the most kinds in Australia and South America.

Trees and pragmatics

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