south1 nounsouth2 adjectivesouth3 adverb
southsouth1, South /saʊθ/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [singular, uncountable] (written abbreviation S) 
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And just as many people from the south moved north.
- Local flood authorities began bracing for the 1975 summer flood immediately after learning of the heavy rains to the south.
- Only for taking coal from the hills in the south to the power station just over the ridge.
- The socially mixed community now includes artists from Warsaw, doctors from the south, redundant miners and former prisoners.
- The specimen is believed to be a rough ground record for the south west.
- To the south is the great bulk of Cadair Idris.
WORD SETS
abyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina. We headed south towards the capital. a historic seaside town 99 km south of London
· We stayed on the south coast of the island.
Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina. We headed south towards the capital. a historic seaside town 99 km south of London (=coming from the north etc)· They sought shelter from the north wind.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· It is interesting that the present recession is much deeper in the south than in the north.· He wants to make the handover in the deep south of Thuringia, up near the Bavarian border.
· The footpath is now pointing due south and the panorama is magnificent, with rock faces rising almost vertically from the lake.· Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.· Observations: The slab dries very quickly and faces virtually due south, offering all year round climbing possibility.· It was also very hot, for the drawing room faced due south and the hot sun beat on the glass.
· The corridor of land administered by the League extended as far south as Cracow, Göttingen and Cologne.· Workers refuse to hire on for less, because cost of living is higher on the border than farther south.· May I suggest that you include the rural parishes in Wyre District as far south as Garstang in this consultation.· Excavations south of the fort have shown the existence of contemporary timber buildings as far south as Blackfriars Street.· There were archers from all parts of the country, from the north and as far south as Hampshire.
· How does farming on the north eastern lowlands of Buchan differ from that further south in Lothian and Fife?· The turbidite sandstones further south, represented by the Bude and Crackington Formations in Devon, appear less promising.· Then the forces of the Asturian kings pushed further south, founding states in Leon, Castile and Burgos.· Yellow and red sand north of Sézanne, giving away sandstone with high iron levels further south.
· From the car park turn right and head south.· My impulse was to turn the car around and head south.· From Watersmeet take the path signed Hillsford Bridge and head south on the east of the river.· Start an afternoon's walk from the town centre and head south to the River Brue and Kennard Moor.
VERB· If the workforce doesn't keep in line, their jobs begin to move south.· Maatouk moved to the south with his parents and siblings.· We hope within a few weeks to move the pair of south bound stops on Clerk Street a little to the north.· A new report suggests the commercial traffic in death and destruction is moving from south to north.· I move north when they move south.· As it moved south it took a wide variety of other forms from Kurdish to Hindi. 2.· Duncan lay still, confused and wondering why the Army had moved in from the south.· Mr Nujoma himself was on the border when the incursions began and is suspected of having ordered his men to move south.
· Mr. Lang I turn to south Ayrshire.· At West End I turned north, not south, and started jogging again.· The breakthrough was a squat we turned over on the south coast, two years back.· As we turned south the crumbled remains of St Catherine's Castle could be seen.· Fishing has been patchy due to the cool temperatures but anglers expect it to get better when the winds turn south westerly.· Then they should turn south past Forteviot and march against us.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- At noon, the storm was 150 miles due east of New York City.
- As we were heading due north, we would remain to the right, or east, of that squiggle.
- Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
- Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line.
- Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
- The direction is there, she said when she came down, and she pointed due west.
- The main track on which they were travelling led due west for a while and then turned slightly north.
- The road into Mountain Province, due east of Tamarong, zigzagged along a sharp ridge high above the rice terraces.
- This he grew long and combed up, due north.
- I wanted to go to Sunderland because it is in my own region, the far north.
- It will become windy in the far north and west, and remain warm in the south.
- The ancient realm of Solland in the far south and Drakwald in the north no longer exist and consequently have no counts.
- The climatic extremes of the far north mean that forests take a long time to regenerate.
- The decline of the maple began in 1912, in Pennsylvania, and reached the far north in 1932.
- The underground realm was connected by tunnels stretching from the far north to the south beyond the Old World itself.
- This is the largest gallery and the farthest South found in the Survey.
- This would require the sun to be in the far north.
WORD FAMILYadjectivesouthsoutherlysouthernsouthboundsouthernmostadverbsouthsouthward(s)southboundnounsouthsoutherner
1the direction that is at the bottom of a map of the world, below the Equator. It is on the right if you are facing the rising sun: Which way is south?from/towards the south By now, the army was approaching from the south.to the south (of something) Gatwick airport is a few miles to the south of London.2the south the southern part of a country or areain the south They lived in a small town in the south.south of the south of Indiasouth1 nounsouth2 adjectivesouth3 adverb
southsouth2, South ●●● S2 W2 adjective [only before noun] (written abbreviation S) WORD ORIGINsouth2
Origin:
Old English suthEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Our office is located on the south side of the street.
WORD SETS
abyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, nounsemitropical, adjectiveshelf, nounslough, nounsmog, nounsnowfield, nounsource, nounsouth, nounsouth, adjectivesouth, adverbSouth America, adjectivesoutheast, nounsoutheast, adjectivesoutheasterly, adjectivesoutheastern, adjectivesoutheastwards, adverbsoutherly, adjectivesouthern, adjectivesouthernmost, adjectivesouthwards, adverbsouthwest, nounsouthwest, adjectivesouthwesterly, adjectivesouthwestern, adjectivesouthwestwards, adverbspeleology, nounspit, nounspur, nounstrait, nounsubcontinent, nounsubtropical, adjectivesuburb, nounsuburban, adjectivesummit, nounsurvey, nounsurvey, verbSW, swamp, nountableland, nounterrain, nounterritory, nountidal, adjectivetidal wave, nountidewater, nountime zone, nountop, nountopography, nountor, nountornado, nountown, nountown centre, nountowpath, nountrack, nountract, nountrade route, nountrail, nountransatlantic, adjectivetranscontinental, adjectivetributary, nountropic, nountropical, adjectivetundra, nountyphoon, nounUK, the, uncharted, adjectiveup, adverbup-country, adjectiveuplands, nounupper, adjectiveupriver, adverbupstate, adjectiveupstream, adverbuptown, adverburban, adjectiveurbanized, adjectiveurban renewal, nounurban sprawl, nounUS, the, adjectivevalley, nounW, warm front, nounwaste, adjectivewasteland, nounwater, verbwatercourse, nounwaterfall, nounwaterfront, nounwaterhole, nounwatering place, nounwater meadow, nounwatershed, nounwater table, nounwaterway, nounweather vane, nounwest, nounwest, adjectiveWest, nounwestern, adjectiveWesterner, nounwesternmost, adjectivewestward, adverbwilderness, nounwolds, nounzoning, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina. We headed south towards the capital. a historic seaside town 99 km south of London
· We stayed on the south coast of the island.
Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina. We headed south towards the capital. a historic seaside town 99 km south of London (=coming from the north etc)· They sought shelter from the north wind.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- At noon, the storm was 150 miles due east of New York City.
- As we were heading due north, we would remain to the right, or east, of that squiggle.
- Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
- Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line.
- Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
- The direction is there, she said when she came down, and she pointed due west.
- The main track on which they were travelling led due west for a while and then turned slightly north.
- The road into Mountain Province, due east of Tamarong, zigzagged along a sharp ridge high above the rice terraces.
- This he grew long and combed up, due north.
- I wanted to go to Sunderland because it is in my own region, the far north.
- It will become windy in the far north and west, and remain warm in the south.
- The ancient realm of Solland in the far south and Drakwald in the north no longer exist and consequently have no counts.
- The climatic extremes of the far north mean that forests take a long time to regenerate.
- The decline of the maple began in 1912, in Pennsylvania, and reached the far north in 1932.
- The underground realm was connected by tunnels stretching from the far north to the south beyond the Old World itself.
- This is the largest gallery and the farthest South found in the Survey.
- This would require the sun to be in the far north.
WORD FAMILYadjectivesouthsoutherlysouthernsouthboundsouthernmostadverbsouthsouthward(s)southboundnounsouthsoutherner
1in the south, or facing the south: a village on the south coast I am currently teaching in south Texas.2a south wind comes from the southsouth1 nounsouth2 adjectivesouth3 adverb
southsouth3 ●●● S3 W3 adverb (written abbreviation S) EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Go south on Highway 1 until you get to Monterey.
- The window faces south.
- A well-graded road leads south, over a bridge, crosses the freeway and continues into the desert.
- Head east on Interstate 10 to just past Tucson, then south on Arizona 83 to Sonoita.
- If so, go south about three miles to Bunker Hill Road.
- In 1209 the force under de Montfort marched south and attacked the pretty town of Biziers.
- The sun shone brightly as we cruised over the jungle north of camp and turned south to line up on row three.
WORD SETS
abyss, nounalluvial, adjectivealluvium, nounalpine, adjectiveAmerican, adjectiveAntarctica, anticyclone, nounarchipelago, nounArctic, adjectivearid, adjectiveAsia, atlas, nounatoll, nounAustralasia, Australasian, adjectiveAustralia, avalanche, nounaxis, nounbank, nounbarometer, nounbarrier reef, nounbasin, nounbay, nounbayou, nounbeach, nounbearing, nounbed, nounbight, nounbluff, nounborder, nounborder, verbborderland, nounborderline, nounborough, nounbox canyon, nounBritish, adjectivebutte, nouncanyon, nouncape, nouncapital, nouncardinal point, nounCaribbean, adjectivecartography, nouncay, nounchain, nounchaparral, nounchart, nounchasm, nounchimney, nounChinese, adjectivecirrus, nounCIS, nouncliff, nounclimate, nounclimatic, adjectivecoastal, adjectivecoastline, nouncockney, nouncol, nouncold front, nouncommuter belt, nouncompass, nounconfluence, nouncontinent, nouncontinental, adjectivecontinental shelf, nouncontour, nounconurbation, nouncoordinate, nouncorridor, nouncorrie, nouncoterminous, adjectivecouncil estate, nouncountry, nouncounty, nouncounty town, nouncourse, nouncove, nouncrag, nouncraggy, adjectivecreek, nouncrevasse, nouncrevice, nouncumulus, nouncyclone, noundateline, noundelta, noundesert, noundesert island, noundevelopment, noundistrict, noundivide, noundown, adverbdune, noundust bowl, nouneast, nouneast, adjectiveeast, adverbeastbound, adjectiveeasterly, adjectiveeasterly, nouneastern, adjectiveEasterner, nouneasternmost, adjectiveeastwards, adverbelevation, nouneminence, nounenvirons, nounequatorial, adjectiveerode, verberosion, nounescarpment, nounestuary, nounEurope, nounextraterritorial, adjectiveeyot, nounface, nounfarmland, nounfeeder, nounfiord, nounfirth, nounfjord, nounflood plain, nounfluvial, adjectivefrontier, nounfrontiersman, noungale force, adjectivegap, noungeo-, prefixgeography, noungeophysics, noungeopolitics, noungeyser, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, nounglacier, nounglobe, noungoldfield, noungorge, noungrassland, nounGrecian, adjectivegreen belt, noungrid, noungrotto, noungroundwater, noungulch, noungulf, noungully, nounhead, nounheadland, nounheadwaters, nounheartland, nounhemisphere, nounhighland, adjectivehighlands, nounhigh water mark, nounhinterland, nounHome Counties, the, homeland, nounhurricane, noun-i, suffixIberian, adjectiveiceberg, nounice cap, nounice floe, nounice pack, nounice sheet, nouninhabitant, nouninland, adjectiveinland, adverbinlet, nouninner city, nouninshore, adverbinsular, adjectiveintercontinental, adjectiveInternational Date Line, nounisland, nounisle, nounislet, nounisobar, nounIsraeli, adjectiveIsraeli, nounisthmus, nounItalian, adjectiveItalianate, adjectiveItalo-, prefixJapanese, adjectivekey, nounknoll, nounlagoon, nounlake, nounlandlocked, adjectivelandmass, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounlat., Latin, adjectiveLatin America, nounLatin American, adjectivelatitude, nounlevee, nounlittoral, nounlong., longitude, nounlongitudinal, adjectivelough, nounlowlands, nounlow-lying, adjectivelow water mark, nounmagnetic north, nounmagnetic pole, nounmarsh, nounmarshland, nounmeander, verbMediterranean, adjectiveMercator projection, nounmeridian, nounmesa, nounMiddle America, nounmidtown, adjectivemonsoon, nounmoorland, nounmorass, nounmountain, nounmountainside, nounmountaintop, nounmouth, nounmudslide, nounmull, nounnarrows, nounnavigation, nounNE, neck, nounnor'-, prefixnorth, nounnorth, adjectivenorth, adverbNorth America, nounnortheast, nounnortheast, adjectivenortheasterly, adjectivenortheastern, adjectivenortheastwards, adverbnortherly, adjectivenorthern, adjectivenortherner, nounnorthernmost, adjectivenorthwards, adverbnorthwest, nounnorthwest, adjectivenorthwesterly, adjectivenorthwestern, adjectivenorthwestwards, adverbnotch, nounNW, NZ, oasis, nounoccidental, nounocean, nounonshore, adjectiveopenness, nounOrdnance Survey map, nounoriental, adjectiveoutcrop, nounoverspill, nounpack ice, nounpaddy, nounpalisade, nounpan-, prefixpanhandle, nounparallel, nounpeak, nounpeninsula, nounPersian, adjectivephysical geography, nounplain, nounplateau, nounpoint, nounpolar, adjectivepole, nounpolitical geography, nounpollutant, nounpop., populate, verbpopulation, nounprairie, nounprecipice, nounprecipitation, nounPrime Meridian, principality, nounprojection, nounpromontory, nounprovince, nounprovincial, adjectivepueblo, nounR, rainfall, nounrain forest, nounrain gauge, nounrainstorm, nounrange, nounravine, nounreef, nounreference, nounregion, nounregional, adjectiverelief map, nounreservoir, nounresettle, verbresidential, adjectiveresource, nounridge, nounrift valley, nounrise, verbriver, nounriver basin, nounriver bed, nounRoman, adjectiverotation, nounrugged, adjectiverun-off, nounrural, adjectivesand, nounsand bar, nounsandstorm, nounsandy, adjectivesavanna, nounScandinavian, nounscar, nounscarp, nounscree, nounscrubland, nounSE, seaboard, nounsea breeze, nounseafront, nounsea level, nounseaport, nounseaward, adjectivesection, 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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina. We headed south towards the capital. a historic seaside town 99 km south of London
· We stayed on the south coast of the island.
Two miles farther south is the village of Santa Catarina. We headed south towards the capital. a historic seaside town 99 km south of London (=coming from the north etc)· They sought shelter from the north wind.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB· But many settlers drove south rather than spend the night underground.· Jeri and I got back in the car and drove south, past shrimp stands and abandoned old sugar mills.· Its brilliant white towers can be seen from I-19 as you drive south.· Drive south on I-19 to exit 19, turn west and follow the signs.· Drive south half a mile to Triunfo Canyon Road and turn right.· I drove south into Colorado during the night, and six or more thunderstorms followed me.· They drove south out of Denton into deep-green country.
· Go south, to Naples and Sicily, and it's another story.· If so, go south about three miles to Bunker Hill Road.· Nobody is saying the 2000 season wouldn't have gone south with Ausmus.· Motorola stock has been going south since it reached a record 82 1 / 2 last Sept. 29.· He went south toward Calle Ocho, the main drag of Little Havana.· His playing time evaporated until just before the break and his numbers also went south.· If the mother said go north, her child went south.
· In most cases, though, prices head south as soon as they've gone public.· Others retire and head south for the sun.· It swung north, then headed south, then back north, then east-east!-then back south.· Sure enough, it turned out they were from Minnesota, heading south to try and stay ahead of the cold.· He was one of thousands who headed south as soon as they heard the glad tidings on Monday morning.· The suspects managed to get away, heading south on Interstate 5.
· The joy of the glove disappeared for him before the fights moved south of San Jose.· The higher-paying jobs, to be sure, are expected to stay in Southern California even if production continues to move south.· The second enemy battalion also attempted to move south.· By 1500, however, peoples thought to be descendants of the Athapaskans had moved south.· The only other soul in sight was a solitary stroller moving south along the beach.· With more shock to follow as the Communists moved south, and south again.· In the first two years after the liberation, eight hundred thousand northerners moved south.
· It then turns south and rises to the surface to run at-grade for the last kilometre to Cairo University.· Turn south, driving approximately 17 miles to the entrance.· The sun shone brightly as we cruised over the jungle north of camp and turned south to line up on row three.· Take I-10 east, turning south at the Sonoita turn-off.· Bisbee is located about 90 minutes southeast of Tucson; take I-10 east to Benson, turning south on Highway 80.· The river turns south, capturing the Platte and the Niobrara and the Kansas and-the James, and then east again.· Travel east on I-10, turning south on Exit 302.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► down southPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
- After four years, their relationship began to go south.
- Arthur chose Brewyn, a man he could be certain of, then went south to Caerleon well content.
- But first he wanted to go south.
- His playing time evaporated until just before the break and his numbers also went south.
- I must get to the station, go south again.
- If so, go south about three miles to Bunker Hill Road.
- Motorola stock has been going south since it reached a record 82 1 / 2 last Sept. 29.
- The Marauders going south to play football?
- At noon, the storm was 150 miles due east of New York City.
- As we were heading due north, we would remain to the right, or east, of that squiggle.
- Beehive, another sulfide edifice, is a five-minute submersible ride due west of Moose.
- Fort William is due north of Glasgow but the Ben Nevis range effectively barred a direct course for the line.
- Jouctas is also clearly seen, to due south, from the ancient harbor of Knossos.
- The direction is there, she said when she came down, and she pointed due west.
- The main track on which they were travelling led due west for a while and then turned slightly north.
- The road into Mountain Province, due east of Tamarong, zigzagged along a sharp ridge high above the rice terraces.
- This he grew long and combed up, due north.
- I wanted to go to Sunderland because it is in my own region, the far north.
- It will become windy in the far north and west, and remain warm in the south.
- The ancient realm of Solland in the far south and Drakwald in the north no longer exist and consequently have no counts.
- The climatic extremes of the far north mean that forests take a long time to regenerate.
- The decline of the maple began in 1912, in Pennsylvania, and reached the far north in 1932.
- The underground realm was connected by tunnels stretching from the far north to the south beyond the Old World itself.
- This is the largest gallery and the farthest South found in the Survey.
- This would require the sun to be in the far north.
WORD FAMILYadjectivesouthsoutherlysouthernsouthboundsouthernmostadverbsouthsouthward(s)southboundnounsouthsoutherner
1towards the south: Most of the birds had already flown south.south of a seaside town 99 km south of London a south-facing garden2down south a)British English informal in or to the southern part of England: We moved down south about five years ago. b)American English (also down South) in or to the southern US states: His sister lives down south.3go south American English informal if a situation, organization, or set of standards goes south, it becomes very bad although it was once very good: It seems like all our moral standards have just gone south.