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South

//saʊθ// adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
Toward the south; southward. not-comparable
2
from the south. not-comparable
3
Of or pertaining to the south; southern. not-comparable
4
Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic. not-comparable
"south highway 1"
5
Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south. not-comparable
"Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, […] The north side faces the river (beyond the subdivision behind the church), and the south side, Ashley River Road."

Adjective

1
situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south wordnet

Adverb

1
Toward the south; southward.
2
Downward.
3
In an adverse direction or trend. figuratively
"His fortunes have been going south ever since he was tricked into investing in that ostrich farm."
4
Of wind, from the south.

Adverb

1
in a southern direction wordnet

Proper Noun

1
The southern part of any region; alternative letter-case form of south. countable, uncountable
2
The southern part of any region; alternative letter-case form of south.; An informal placename:; Ellipsis of Old South, the states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War. US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
3
The southern part of any region; alternative letter-case form of south.; An informal placename:; The south-eastern states of the United States, including many of the same states as formed the Confederacy. US, countable, uncountable
"Many sincere white people in the South privately oppose segregation and discrimination, but they are apprehensive lest they be publicly condemned."
4
The southern part of any region; alternative letter-case form of south.; An informal placename:; The southern states of India. India, countable, uncountable
5
The southern part of any region; alternative letter-case form of south.; An informal placename:; The Global South. countable, uncountable

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The southern part of any region; alternative letter-case form of south.; An informal placename:; Antarctica. UK, countable, uncountable
"Over three weeks in 2019, Kaefer spent time at three English-speaking Antarctic stations observing and gathering data from workers based on what the US station refers to as “The Ice”, or the British call the “South”."
7
A surname. countable, uncountable
8
Ellipsis of South College, Durham. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable

Noun

1
The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane. countable, uncountable
"Germany is south of Denmark."
2
a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city wordnet
3
The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof. countable, uncountable
"Just before independence (in 1955) the military garrison in the south rebelled and that was the beginning of a civil war between the north and the south ..."
4
the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees wordnet
5
In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar. countable, uncountable
"If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation."

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the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point wordnet
7
The negative or south pole of a magnet countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
2
To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.
"The moon souths at nine."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English south, from Old English sūþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr (“southern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą (“south”), from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”). Cognates Cognate with Scots sooth (“south”), Yola zouth (“south”), North Frisian sööd, Süđ, süüd (“south”), Saterland Frisian Sude, Suud (“south”), West Frisian súd (“south”), Dutch zuid (“south”), German Süd (“south”), Danish syd (“south”), Faroese, Icelandic suður (“south”), Norwegian Bokmål syd, sør (“south”), Norwegian Nynorsk sør (“south”), Swedish syd, söder (“south”); also with Irish súil (“eye”), Cornish howl (“sun”), Manx sooill (“eye”), Scottish Gaelic sùil (“eye”), Welsh haul (“sun”), Latin sōl (“sun”), Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun; east; day”), Czech slunce (“sun”), Polish słońce (“sun”), Russian солнце (solnce, “sun”), Serbo-Croatian сунце, sunce (“sun”), Slovene sonce (“sun”), Latgalian saule (“sun”), Latvian saũle (“sun”), Lithuanian sáulė (“sun”), Albanian diell (“sun”), Avestan 𐬵𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬭𐬆 (huuar^ə, “sun”), Persian خور (xwar, “sun”), Ossetian хор (xor), хур (xur, “sun”), Sanskrit सूर्य (sūrya, “sun”), Tocharian A swāñce (“beam, ray”), Tocharian B swāñco (“beam, ray”).

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Etymology 5

English surname, from the adjective south. Compare Southern.

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