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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
south /saʊθ/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable* singular;
    often: the + ~]
  1. Geographyone of the four main points of the compass, lying directly opposite north. Abbr.: S
  2. the direction in which this point lies.
  3. a region or territory situated in this direction:Air attacks continued in the south.
  4. Place Names the South, (in the United States) the general area south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi, made up mainly of those states that formed the Confederacy.

adj. 
  1. lying toward or situated in the south;
    proceeding toward the south.
  2. coming from the south, as a wind.

adv. 
  1. to, toward, or in the south:The plane headed south.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
south  (n., adj., adv. south;v. south, souᵺ),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Geographya cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbr.: S
  2. Geographythe direction in which this point lies.
  3. (usually cap.) a region or territory situated in this direction.
  4. Place Names 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.

adj. 
  1. lying toward or situated in the south;
    directed or proceeding toward the south.
  2. coming from the south, as a wind.

adv. 
  1. to, toward, or in the south.
  2. [Informal.]into a state of serious decline, loss, or the like:Sales went south during the recession.

v.i. 
  1. to turn or move in a southerly direction.
  2. Astronomyto cross the meridian.
  • bef. 900; Middle English suth(e), south(e) (adverb, adverbial, adjective, adjectival, and noun, nominal), Old English sūth (adverb, adverbial and adjective, adjectival); cognate with Old High German sund-

south, +adv. 
  1. [Informal.]into a state of serious decline, loss, or the like:Sales went south during the recession.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
south / saʊθ/
  1. one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at 180° from north and 90° clockwise from east and anticlockwise from west
  2. the direction along a meridian towards the South Pole
  3. the south ⇒ (often capital) any area lying in or towards the south
  4. (usually capital) the player or position at the table corresponding to south on the compass
  1. situated in, moving towards, or facing the south
  2. (esp of the wind) from the south
  1. in, to, or towards the south
Etymology: Old English sūth; related to Old Norse suthr southward, Old High German sundan from the south
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
South / saʊθ/ the South ⇒
  1. the southern part of England, generally regarded as lying to the south of an imaginary line between the Wash and the Severn
  2. (in the US) the area approximately south of Pennsylvania and the Ohio River, esp those states south of the Mason-Dixon line that formed the Confederacy during the Civil War
  3. the Confederacy itself
  4. the countries of the world that are not economically and technically advanced
  1. of or denoting the southern part of a specified country, area, etc
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