north of

phrase

of a number or value

: greater than

Auburn coach Bruce Pearl earned north of $3.9 million this season …

—Tom Green

Fighting as he is now to keep his approval rating north of 40%, November 2009 probably looks to Obama like the good old days.

—Elias Isquith

Cognacs of similar quality typically go north of $100.

—Jack Bettridge

compare south of

Examples of north of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Several northbound lanes of I-5 were closed north of Templin Highway as fire vehicles staged on the highway and multiple firefighting helicopters performed water drops from above, according to social media posts from the Angeles National Forest. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026

The incident happened Friday in Yountville, an unincorporated town located 43 miles north of San Francisco. — Jason Green, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

Bill Clinton creates the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona north of the Grand Canyon and expands the Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho by 661,000 acres (267,500 hectares). — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026

Pelosi, 86, is suspected of hitting a parked car on July 3 in Yountville, about 50 miles north of San Francisco, before driving away, the Napa County Sheriff's Office said in a statement to multiple news outlets. — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1978, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for north of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove