northeastward
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- adverb
- /ˌnɔrˈθiːstwərd/
:
hacia el noreste
- The whales would winter in the water near Iceland and Jan Mayen, then move northeastward as the ice front retreated during March and April.
- move northeastward
- continue northeastward
- then move northeastward
Examples
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They traveled northeastward across the mountains to reach their destination.
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The prairie-forest border of central North America is moving northeastward.
Academic text (2011) -
In truth, more northeastward.
Fiction book (1995) -
Wet-rice agriculture was introduced to Japan around B.C. 350, likely from southern China, and spread northeastward from northern Kyushu in three successive waves.
Academic text (1991) -
The mountains sat in such a way that a nearly constant wind howled through; pointed pine trees, those left standing, listed northeastward as if yearning to give up and sail off, arrows into space.
Fiction book (1998) -
Sandy will move northeastward (farther from Jacksonville) until it interacts with the cold front Sunday night and Monday, turning Sandy northward.
Blog text (6) -
She set off northeastward through what is now Devon and Somerset to cross the Severn at Aust into South Wales, with the swineherd Coll clinging to her back.
Academic text (1999) -
The storm moved northeastward, bringing heavy rain to the region.
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The hikers set off northeastward, following the trail marked on the map.
Synonyms
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To move toward the north and east
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On the northeast side of a place like a building
Toward the north and east
Toward the northeast
In the direction halfway between north and east
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word northeastward is made from north and east plus the ending -ward, where -ward means 'towards'. So northeastward means 'towards the northeast', which is why we use it when something moves in that direction.