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

The man, whose identity was not disclosed, was taken away in an ambulance after the encounter on Sunday in Evanston, a city around 12 miles north of downtown Chicago. — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Just north of the bridge Swan Falls Road merges with Avalon Road to become Linder Avenue and then, quickly, Linder Road, a major north-south route. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Sep. 2026

The resort, just north of Roseville’s city limits, would be built around a 5-acre surf lagoon and is planned to include a 100-room hotel, 22 bungalows and a 28,390-square-foot surf center. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026

The area generally covers locations south of Truman Road and Interstate 670, north of 31st Street, and between State Line Road to the west and Brooklyn Avenue to the east. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 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