south

Universal Words noun, adjective, adverb noun [U,sing.] (abbreviation S) 1 (usually the south) the direction that is on your right when you watch the sun rise; one of the four main points of the COMPASS: Which way is south? * warmer weather coming from the south * He lives to the south of (= further south than) the city. compareEAST, NORTH, WEST 2 (the south, the South) the southern part of a country, a region or the world: birds flying to the south for the winter * They bought a villa in the South of France. * Houses are less expensive in the North than in the South (= of England). 3 (the South) the southern states of the US seealsoTHEDEEPSOUTH 4 (the South) the poorer countries in the southern half of the world adjective (abbreviation S, So.) [onlybeforenoun] 1 in or towards the south: South Wales * They live on the south coast. 2 a south wind blows from the south compareSOUTHERLY adverb towards the south: This room faces south. IDIOMS down south (informal) to or in the south, especially of England: They've gone to live down south.