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DUE NORTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does due north mean?
• DUE NORTH (noun)
The noun DUE NORTH has 1 sense:
1. the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
Familiarity information: DUE NORTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
due north; N; north; northward
Hypernyms ("due north" is a kind of...):
cardinal compass point (one of the four main compass points)
Context examples
The breakfast-room chimney smokes a little, I grant you, but it is only when the wind is due north and blows hard, which may not happen three times a winter.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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