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south
[ noun adjective adverb south; verb south, south ]
noun
- a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. : S
- the direction in which this point lies.
- (usually initial capital letter) a region or territory situated in this direction.
- the South, the general area south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi, consisting mainly of those states that formed the Confederacy.
adjective
- lying toward or situated in the south; directed or proceeding toward the south.
- coming from the south, as a wind.
adverb
- to, toward, or in the south.
- Informal. into a state of serious decline, loss, or the like:
Sales went south during the recession.
verb (used without object)
- to turn or move in a southerly direction.
- Astronomy. to cross the meridian.
South
1/ ²õ²¹ÊŠÎ¸ /
noun
- the southern part of England, generally regarded as lying to the south of an imaginary line between the Wash and the Severn
- in the US
- the area approximately south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, esp those states south of the Mason-Dixon line that formed the Confederacy during the Civil War
- the Confederacy itself
- the countries of the world that are not economically and technically advanced
adjective
- of or denoting the southern part of a specified country, area, etc
- ( capital as part of a name )
the South Pacific
south
2/ ²õ²¹ÊŠÎ¸ /
noun
- one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at 180° from north and 90° clockwise from east and anticlockwise from west
- the direction along a meridian towards the South Pole
- the southoften capital any area lying in or towards the south meridionalaustral
- usually capital cards the player or position at the table corresponding to south on the compass
adjective
- situated in, moving towards, or facing the south
- (esp of the wind) from the south
adverb
- in, to, or towards the south
- archaic.(of the wind) from the south
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of south1
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of south1
Idioms and Phrases
see go south .Example Sentences
Milliken also championed the launch of UT’s Education and Research Center at Laredo, an academic health research hub in south Texas.
Chile has issued a tsunami warning and said people should evacuate coastal areas in the south of country after a large earthquake.
Publishing this news in a written question on a Friday morning after elections down south is a classic attempt from the Scottish government to bury some bad news.
Netanyahu said the strike was "clear message to the Syrian regime" that Israel would "not allow the deployment of forces south of Damascus or any threat to the Druze community".
But some warmth will hang on in the far south of England on Friday.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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