How do you use South in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like southwest or southeast, plus the exact meaning.
South in a sentence
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South meaning
- The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.
- The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.
- In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
Synonyms of South
South vertaling naar Nederlands
Using South
- The main meaning on this page is: The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane. | The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof. | In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.
- Useful related words include: southward, geographic region, geographical region, geographic area.
- Possible Dutch translations are: zuiden.
- In the example corpus, south often appears in combinations such as: the south, south africa, of south.
Example sentences (20)
The freshers, who are from across the six geopolitical zones – North-West, North-East, North-Central, South-West, South-East and South-South – began the tour with the South-East on Monday.
But, most power brokers in the South, comprising South-West, South-South and South-East are not giving to any chance to ensure the power shifts to their area after President Muhammadu Buhari.
He said that the Arewa community in Southern Nigeria was made up of over 200 Northern communities living in the South -West, the South East and the South-South.
Ahwi who recently emerged as the Chairman of South/South Traditional Council Lagos of Chiefs demanded an end to the marginalization of the South South people resident in Lagos.
Others are A. Ikeme Osakwe - Member (South East); Adewale Ogunyomade - Member (South West) and Ehile Adetola Aigbangbee - Member (South South).
So that if we are able to link the South-east, South-west, South-south and the North by rail, then movement will become easy.
South West, South East and South South are the strong contenders for the position of the Deputy Senate President.
The group said it had watched helplessly as Emefiele patriotically funds agricultural intervention programmes in South South, his home region and the Northern states, while South East and South West were abandoned.
This is according to the South African Weather Service, which warned of a series of cold fronts passing south of South Africa generating large swells which will reach the South African coastline from early on Wednesday, December 18.
It will interest you to know that this call for self-defence is becoming more stringent even in regions like the South-East, South-West and South-South,” they said.
The communique was signed by its zonal coordinators – Abdulrazaq Tewogbade (South West); Clarence Temple (South South); Frederick Nwabueze (South East); Stephen Onche (North Central); Mustapha Ngotho (North West); and Mohammed Dambazzau (North East).
The top 2 Teams from the Northwest, North Central and the North East Divisions make up the Savannah Conference, while the Top 2 Teams from the South East, South West and South South make up the Atlantic Conference”.
It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the northwest, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north.
According to the party, the alleged malpractice was perpetrated in Aniocha North; Aniocha South; Ika North East; Ika South; Oshimili North, Oshimili South; Ukwani; Ndokwa East and Ndokwa West, among others.
Aside from South Cedar, its other boundaries include W. Richardson Avenue, W. 2nd South Street and South Pine Street.
In addition, of the many significant highlights on the property, the south strike zone contains near surface mineralised rock as well as the St. Thomas showings located approximately 5km south from the south strike zone.
India's bowler Arshdeep Singh succefully appeals for LBW dismissal against South Africa's batsman Rassie van der Dussen during the first One Day International cricket match between South Africa and India, at the Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Information Nigeria reports that the Party ceded some states in the South-East and South-South regions to a reinvigorated Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election.
Netball South Africa has announced the 15-player squad that will represent South Africa at the first Netball World Cup on South African soil later this year.
Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Anjula Acharia, the South Asian Excellence Pre-Oscars Celebration on Thursday on the Paramount Studio lot invited South Asian industry changemakers and honored Oscar nominees of South Asian descent.
Common combinations with south
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the south 65×
- south africa 58×
- of south 35×
- south south 30×
- in south 28×
- and south 26×
- south african 24×
- south of 22×
- south korea 21×
- south east 18×