SE
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- noun
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- They decide to travel SE away from the volcano.
So you just look at your compass, your say we're going to go South SE to this compass point.
- So you just look at your compass, your say we're going to go South SE to this compass point.
- NY's going southwest and then then down SE to Florida and California's going to Texas.
- I live in the South SE, so anywhere around here, we're happy to drive.
Examples
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So it can move one step to the northeast or SE or northwest or southwest, and that's it.
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I live in the South SE, so anywhere around here, we're happy to drive.
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There are nearly a billion Buddhists in the world today, mostly in East SE and South Asia.
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I started with the state in the extreme SE and worked in a NW direction.
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So technically you're looking like East SE, but you're heading east.
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On the map, the city lies at the SE of the region, just before the mountainous area.
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During the hike, we decided to head SE towards the river instead of going north.
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At sunset, we noticed the lighthouse's light flashing in the direction of the SE.
Synonyms
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The direction halfway between south and east
A point on a compass between south and east
The compass point between south and east at 135 degrees
Idioms
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
SE is short for southeast, which joins the simple words south and east, so it means the direction halfway between 'south' and 'east' at 135 degrees.