{
    "term": "south",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/co/compasses.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the direction that is on your right when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the compass",
            "sensetop": "to the south (of…)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Which way is south?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "warmer weather coming from the south"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a south-facing garden"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He lives to the south of *(= further south than)* the city.",
                    "contextForm": "to the south (of…)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "views of distant mountains to north and south"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the southern part of a country, a region or the world",
            "sensetop": "in the south",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "birds flying to the south for the winter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Houses are less expensive in the North than in the South *(= of the country)*.",
                    "contextForm": "in the south"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They bought a villa in the South of France."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the southern states of the US",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The South used to rely heavily on agriculture."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the poorer countries in the southern half of the world",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The South comprises many diverse countries."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the vast informal economies of the Global South"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/saʊθ/",
                "audio": "so/south/south__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/saʊθ/",
                "audio": "so/south/south__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English sūth, of Germanic origin; related to Low German sud."
}