Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Going toward the north.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Moving toward the north.
- adjective intended to be used by vehicles moving toward the north; -- of roads and parts of roads.
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- adjective
Heading ormoving in anortherly direction . - adverb
Towards thenorth .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective moving toward the north
Etymologies
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Examples
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Or, my personal favorite, slipping through a break in northbound traffic and waiting in the "safe space" of the yellow line for southbound traffic to abate.
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But the latest plan has the traffic flowing southbound †"or downhill â€" rather than northbound, which is what city officials originally envisioned.
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Eastbound state Route 78 at Barham Drive in San Marcos was the most congested rush-hour spot in San Diego County in 2009, bypassing notorious choke points such as northbound Interstate 5 through Del Mar and Solana Beach.
Fore, right! < 2010
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The group makes freely available the "northbound" specification that SolarWinds uses.
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To ensure security, current plans call for dividing the bridge into two corridors to separate northbound and southbound passengers.
Why Is Sam Zell Building A Pedestrian Bridge Between The U.S. & Mexico? AP 2011
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Gelman jumped off the train at the West 34th Street station, crossed the tracks and hopped on a northbound No. 3 train, where he sliced a passenger, the police commissioner said.
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Gelman jumped off the train at the West 34th Street station, crossed the tracks and hopped on a northbound No. 3 train, where he stabbed a passenger, the commissioner said.
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To ensure security, current plans call for dividing the bridge into two corridors to separate northbound and southbound passengers.
Why Is Sam Zell Building A Pedestrian Bridge Between The U.S. & Mexico? AP 2011
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This will require closing three lanes of the Beltway's inner loop northbound I-495 overnights from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Dr. Gridlock's traffic and transit tips Post 2011
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This will require closing three lanes of the Beltway's inner loop northbound I-495 overnights from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Dr. Gridlock's traffic and transit tips Post 2011
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