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Definition of 'South'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) south
a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north.

2.  south
the direction in which this point lies.

3.  south
(usu. cap.) a region or territory situated in this direction.

4.  south
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.

5. (adj.) south
lying toward or situated in the south; directed or proceeding toward the south.

6.  south
coming from the south, as a wind.

7. (adv.) south
to, toward, or in the south.

8.  south
into a state of serious decline, loss, or the like:
Sales went south during the recession.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME suth(e), south(e) (adv., adj., n.), OE sūth (adv., adj.), c. OFris, OS

Definition of 'South'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) South
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

2. (noun) Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

3. (noun) south, due south, southward, S
the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

4. (noun) south
a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city

5. (adj) south
the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point

6. (adverb) south
situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
"the south entrance"

7. (adverb) south, to the south, in the south
in a southern direction
"we moved south"

Definition of 'South'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) South
the direction on the right when looking toward the rising sun
to face south

2. South
the south
the part of a place that is farthest south
beautiful weather in the south today; a south wind; Go south for 3 miles and then take a right on Main.

Definition of 'South'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) South
lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a southern direction from the point of observation or reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole

2. (adverb) South
toward the south; southward

3. (adverb) South
from the south; as, the wind blows south

4. (noun) South
that one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who faces the east

5. (noun) South
a country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country

6. (noun) South
specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line

7. (noun) South
the wind from the south

8. (verb) South
to turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south

9. (verb) South
to come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine

Translation of 'South'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the direction to the right of a person facing the rising sun, or any part of the earth lying in that direction He stood facing towards the south; She lives in the south of France.
Afrikaans: suide	Arabic: جُنوب	Bulgarian: южна част
Brazilian: sul	Czech: jih	German: der Süden
Danish: syd	Greek: νότος	Spanish: sur
Estonian: lõuna(suund), lõuna(osa)	Farsi: جنوب	Finnish: etelä
French: sud	Hebrew: דָרוֹם	Hindi: दक्षिण
Croatian: jug, južni dio čega	Hungarian: dél	Indonesian: selatan
Icelandic: suður	Italian: sud	Japanese: 南
Korean: 남쪽	Lithuanian: pietūs	Latvian: dienvidi
Malay: selatan	Dutch: zuiden	Norwegian: sør, sørlig del
Polish: południe	Persian: جنوب	Pashto: ختیځ
Portuguese: sul	Romanian: sud	Russian: юг
Slovak: juh	Slovenian: jug	Serbian: jug
Swedish: söder, syd	Thai: ตอนใต้	Turkish: güney
Taiwanese: 南方	Ukrainian: південь	Urdu: جنوب
Vietnamese: miền nam	Chinese: 南方
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