north of
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.34 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
More, higher or greater than.
Example Sentences
- "We have a programme where north of half a billion pounds has been wasted, and has already gone through three programme directors before yourself, and five senior responsible owners."
- "The holo display leapt up, shaping itself this time into the form of an asari seated at a desk. A little on the stocky side, deeper blue skin than most, average ageless beauty, although Cora knew she was somewhere north of six hundred years old."
- "Population 39,693 (just north of 115,000 today), Cheltenham has been overtaken by Gloucester in terms of headcount."
- "“[…] Nigel used the word ‘invasion’ for a long time and got a huge amount of stick but…north of 160,000 men arriving on our beaches, the majority of them fighting-age men, I don't know what else you call that,” he says, referring to the total number of men, women and children who have arrived by small boat in the past seven years."
- "In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, he insisted that he has “the best poll numbers I’ve ever had,” claiming that his approval was north of 70 percent."