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Meaning of north of | Babel Free

Preposition CEFR B2

Definitions

More, higher or greater than.

idiomatic

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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