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South Saʊθ Live Adverb Bre Room Faces Ten

Word south
WordType (adverb)
Phonetic BrE / saʊθ / NAmE / saʊθ /
Example
  • this room faces south.
  • they live ten miles south of bristol.
  • the drug is achieving revenues just south of $1 billion per quarter.
  • interest rates will end somewhere south of 6.5%.
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south

(adverb)BrE / saʊθ / NAmE / saʊθ /
  1. towards the south
    • This room faces south.
  2. nearer to the south than something
    • They live ten miles south of Bristol.
  3. less or lower than something
    • The drug is achieving revenues just south of $1 billion per quarter.
    • Interest rates will end somewhere south of 6.5%.
  4. to or in the south, especially of England
    • They've gone to live down south.

    Word Origin

    • Old English sūth, of Germanic origin; related to Low German sud.
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