east-northeast
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3.4
A compass point halfway between east and northeast
- noun
- /ˌiːstˈnɔrθˈiːst/
:
este-noreste
- You might glimpse it low in the east-northeast before dawn in August's first week, but that's your best hope.
- lies east-northeast
- east-northeast horizon
- degrees east-northeast
Examples
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In the morning, the sun rises in the east-northeast, lighting up the horizon.
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Standing away north from the coast, the wind sitting east-northeast.
Fiction book (2001) -
All right, Shredder's convoy is 7.2 miles east-northeast.
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During our hike, we headed in an east-northeast direction toward the mountain peak.
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You can see the constellation shining brightly in the east-northeast sky tonight.
Synonyms
ENE
vseast-northeast
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6.8
A compass direction halfway between east and northeast at 67.5 degrees
is the full-word form used instead of the abbreviated compass label
Surface Forms
east-northeast singular
east-northeasts plural
Morphology
Etymology
East-northeast comes from the two compass words east ('where the sun rises') and north ('the top of a map'), joined to show a direction between them. It means the point halfway between east and northeast, so it is the compass direction you follow when you go a little north of east.