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 Gold Mountain fire, one of several major wildfires burning across Colorado, has grown to 35,622 acres, or nearly 56 square miles, since igniting two miles north of Ouray on June 27. — The Denver Post, Denver Post, 13 July 2026

SoftBank brought the Fukuoka Dome back into the portfolio in 2012 at a price north of $1 billion (¥87 billion), saving the Hawks almost ¥5 billion a year in leasing fees. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 13 July 2026

The incident happened on Saturday at Frenchman Lake, north of Chillcoot and just east of the Nevada state line in the Plumas National Forest, about 160 miles northeast of Sacramento. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Meta's massive data-center project in Louisiana is getting even bigger, with the site now set to be a 5 gigawatt facility and cost north of $50 billion. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 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