northeast
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- noun
- /ˌnɔrˈθiːst/
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noreste
- We were planning to break ground in the northeast corner tomorrow.
- miles to the northeast
- northeast wind
- northeast direction
So that would be the north, the northeast and the South.
- So that would be the north, the northeast and the South.
- The guys had gone into Karma, Iraq, which is northeast of Fallujah and Al Karma.
- And so every time he would turn his phone on, it would ping and it would give us a direction right north, northeast.
Examples
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When there's a northeast wind, the water goes down a little.
Academic text (2007) -
Lieutenant, radar's picking up a large return moving in from the northeast.
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That storm front from the west has finally met that storm front from the northeast.
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A good breeze came across from the northeast, and the tide went out all morning.
Fiction book (1990) -
The Ceres are said to be found to the northeast, just past a mountain chain.
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Wind speed's currently at 28 knots, moving northeast at 15.
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The traffic is proceeding northeast-bound.
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Duck finished his coffee and squinted up at the northeast corner he'd been running all week.
Fiction book (1998) -
The storm's heading northeast.
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The storm is moving steadily to the northeast and could reach the coast by tomorrow.
Synonyms
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A compass direction halfway between north and east at 45 degrees
The direction halfway between north and east on a compass
The compass point halfway between north and east
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A compass direction slightly north of northeast, about 34 degrees from east
- Specialized
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The direction on a compass halfway between north and northeast, slightly east of north
- Specialized
A compass direction one point east of northeast, halfway to east-northeast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Northeast is simply the combination of north and east, meaning the direction 'halfway between north and east'. So, it names the compass point you use when something lies between those two directions.