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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/ ʊθ /
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/ ʊθ /
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of south1
Word History and Origins
Origin of south1
Idioms and Phrases
see go south .Example Sentences
Ramírez, 55, said they were then driven by Mexican authorities more than 700 miles south, and eventually released at a migrant shelter in the city of Villahermosa, in Tabasco state.
The Druze, members of a religion with links to Islam, in Syria number around 500,000 people, most of them living in cities and towns south of Damascus.
Now the criminal case has concluded, the south Wales force has released previously unpublished details of an unrelated misconduct investigation into an insurance fraud.
Bureau of Reclamation increased the water allocation for agricultural water agencies south of the Delta to 50% of their full allotments, up from 40% a month ago.
The area of high pressure is also situated in a position where the wind direction is from a south or south-easterly.
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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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