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

Among the laws, product labels must be displayed in both English and French, and US streaming platforms must support and promote Canadian content (including Indigenous and French Canadian content) to audiences north of the border. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

The building would be located just north of the entertainment district near West Olympic Boulevard and Georgia Street. — Pat Maio, Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

York grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, which is just north of East Palestine. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

The parking lot is west of Magnolia Avenue and just north of the interchange of the 91 and 5 freeways. — Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 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