south

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'south': /ˈsaʊθ/; 'South': /saʊθ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/saʊθ/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(n., adj., adv. south; v. south, souᵺ)


Collocations for "south"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "south" in context.

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south

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. the [industrialized, financial, affluent] South
  2. the compass [pointed, indicated] towards the south
  3. the [family, company] has moved to the South
  4. she was [transferred, relocated] to the south
  5. [headed, turned, drove] to the south
  6. the [breeze, wind, gust] came from the south
  7. [countries, regions, cities] in the south (of)
  8. [countries] to the south of
  9. [trade, commerce, agreements] with [countries] in the south
  10. in the south of [England]
  11. [governors, senators, officials] from the South
adv
  1. is south of the [border, town]
  2. is (just) south [of, from] here
  3. just keep [going, heading] south
  4. [our, those] plans have gone south
  5. fly south for the winter
adj
  1. [in, go to] the South Pole
  2. South [America, Korea, Dakota]
additional examples
  1. the [industrialized, financial, affluent] South
  2. [in, go to] the South Pole
  3. the compass [pointed, indicated] towards the south
  4. South [America, Korea, Dakota]
  5. the [family, company] has moved to the South
  6. is south of the [border, town]
  7. she was [transferred, relocated] to the south
  8. is (just) south [of, from] here
  9. [headed, turned, drove] to the south
  10. south [west, east]
  11. the [breeze, wind, gust] came from the south
  12. just keep [going, heading] south
  13. [countries, regions, cities] in the south (of)
  14. [our, those] plans have gone south
  15. [countries] to the south of
  16. fly south for the winter
  17. [trade, commerce, agreements] with [countries] in the south
  18. in the south of [England]
  19. [governors, senators, officials] from the South
'south' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
America - American - China - France - Greece - North - Sweden - Switzerland - Wales - accent - airport - anywhere - axis - bird - blizzard - border - capital - compass - coordinate - defect - divide - due - east - echo - facing - far - flock - goose - highway - hospitality - island - mile - mountain - originate - pole - railway - rainy - region - relocate - retreat - seagulls - sheer - shower - sight - slave - stronghold - to - town - tribe - village

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