south

south
[[t]sa͟ʊθ[/t]]
also South
1) N-UNCOUNT: also the N The south is the direction which is on your right when you are looking towards the direction where the sun rises.

The town lies ten miles to the south of here...

All around him, from east to west, north to south, the stars glittered in the heavens.

2) N-SING: usu the N, oft N of n The south of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the south.

...holidays in the south of France.

3) ADV: ADV after v If you go south, you travel towards the south.

We did an extremely fast U-turn and shot south up the Boulevard St. Michel...

He went south to climb Taishan, a mountain sacred to the Chinese.

4) ADV: ADV of n Something that is south of a place is positioned to the south of it.

They now own and operate a farm 50 miles south of Rochester...

I was living in a house just south of Market Street.

5) ADJ: ADJ n The south edge, corner, or part of a place or country is the part which is towards the south.

...the south coast of Alderney.

6) ADJ `South' is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the south of a larger area.

Next week the President will visit five South American countries in six days.

...the states of Mississippi and South Carolina.

7) ADJ A south wind is a wind that blows from the south.

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