{
    "term": "north",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/co/compasses.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the direction that is on your left when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass",
            "sensetop": "to the north (of…)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Which way is north?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "cold winds coming from the north"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a north-facing wall"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Mount Kenya is to the north of *(= further north than)* Nairobi.",
                    "contextForm": "to the north (of…)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "views of distant mountains to north and south"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["magnetic", "true", "frozen"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the northern part of a country, a region or the world",
            "sensetop": "in the north",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "birds migrating from the north"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Houses are less expensive in the North *(= of England)* than in the South.",
                    "contextForm": "in the north"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They wanted to escape the cold of the north."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The main road ran across the north of the island."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's been a severe earthquake in the north of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Edinburgh was called the Athens of the North."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["magnetic", "true", "frozen"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the north-east states of the US which fought against the South in the American Civil War",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Some delegates from Virginia voted to join the North."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the richer and more developed countries of the world, especially in Europe and North America",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The North refused to commit itself to safeguarding species diversity."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɔːθ/",
                "audio": "no/north/north__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nɔːrθ/",
                "audio": "no/north/north__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch noord and German nord."
}