northeast
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- adjective
- /ˈnɔrθˌiːst/
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noreste
- In several areas in northeast India, including Assam and Tripura, migration has triggered ethnic conflicts.
Examples
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The park is northeast of Hobart.
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We drove northeast toward the mountains for the weekend trip.
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Let's make sure you get those set northeast, southwest.
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If you just, if you just take N Gamma over Northeast and change it to North Gamma plus Northeast over Northeast.
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Integral from zero to Infinity T to the northeast to the negative S TDT.
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I was born in Hackney, East London, grew up there, was there for eight years, moved to Tottenham, which is north London, northeast, so not far just down the road.
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She and her husband have two grown daughters and enjoy the best of both worlds, farming in northeast Montana and living in Bozeman, MT as well.
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The CTA has reported widespread protests involving thousands of Tibetans in Malho Prefecture in northeast Tibet after a young man died on Thursday following self-immolation.
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From the roof of the new home he is building on the outskirts of the Kurdish-controlled city of Derik in northeast Syria, Bashir Said Mohammad can count a dozen or so other structures in different stages of completion.
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The city park is located in the northeast section of town.
Synonyms
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In or from the top-right part of an area on a map
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In the direction halfway between north and east on a compass
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A wind or direction that comes from the northeast
Toward the north and east
In the direction halfway between north and east
Toward the northeast
Compounds
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A compass direction slightly north of northeast, about 34 degrees from east
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The direction on a compass halfway between north and northeast, slightly east of north
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A compass direction one point east of northeast, halfway to east-northeast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Northeast is formed from north + east, and as an adjective it describes something 'coming from' or 'facing' that direction. So, a northeast wind is a wind that comes from the side between north and east.