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}
],
"etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *nér\nProto-Indo-European *-teros\nProto-Indo-European *nŕ̥t(e)ros\nProto-Germanic *nurþraz\nProto-West Germanic *norþr\nOld English norþ\nMiddle English north\nEnglish north\nOld Norse búinnbor.\nMiddle English bownde\nEnglish bound\nEnglish -bound\nEnglish northbound\nFrom north + -bound.",
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"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "northbound (not comparable)",
"name": "en-adv"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
18,
28
]
],
"text": "He was travelling northbound on the Golden Gate Bridge.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Towards the north."
],
"links": [
[
"Towards",
"towards"
],
[
"north",
"north"
]
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈnɔɹθbaʊnd/",
"tags": [
"Canada",
"US"
]
},
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"tags": [
"US"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"lang_code": "cmn",
"roman": "běishàng",
"sense": "toward the north",
"word": "北上"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "toward the north",
"word": "nach Norden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "toward the north",
"word": "Richtung Norden"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "na séver",
"sense": "toward the north",
"word": "на се́вер"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "toward the north",
"word": "norrut"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "toward the north",
"word": "norrgående"
}
],
"word": "northbound"
}
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