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1. (idiomatic) More, higher or greater than.
   • 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. 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 5, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 98:
   • 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. 2011, Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts, The failure of the FiReControl project: fiftieth report of session 2010-12, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence, The Stationery Office, →ISBN, page 10:
   • “[…] 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. 2025 August 2, Anna Gross, quoting Zia Yusuf, “Lunch with the FT: Zia Yusuf”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18:
   • 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. 2025 August 7, Jonathan Lemire, “Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way”, in The Atlantic:
   • Population 39,693 (just north of 115,000 today), Cheltenham has been overtaken by Gloucester in terms of headcount. 2023 January 11, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: castles and cathedrals”, in RAIL, number 974, page 56:

Relateds

> · greater than

Synonyms

upwards of