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cardinal points

plural noun

  1. the four chief directions of the compass; the north, south, east, and west points.



cardinal points

plural noun

  1. the four main points of the compass: north, south, east, and west

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cardinal points1

First recorded in 1540–50
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Example Sentences

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For each of the four cheers, the king turned in a different direction to represent the cardinal points of the compass.

Activists have dubbed Thursday’s demonstration in Lima as the Cuatro Suyos March, a reference to the four cardinal points of the Inca empire.

We had visited the tiny playground here years ago but usually bypassed this area for the charms of nearby Parc Montsouris, one of four 19th-century public parks created by Baron Haussmann at the cardinal points of the compass around Paris.

In this story from 1951, club pro Buck White shows off what golf instruction of the day interpreted to be the five "cardinal points" of the golf swing.

Archaeoastronomers — those who study how ancient people related to the sky — tell us that many of the walls and windows at Chaco are aligned with cardinal points, the sun and other stars, and the buildings functioned as an observatory and calendar.

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cardinal pointRichelieu, Cardinal