northwest
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- adverb
- /nɔrθˈwɛst/
:
al noroeste
- The international airport, Sheremetyevo, is twenty miles northwest of Moscow, in farmland reminiscent of the lakes near Minneapolis.
- miles northwest
- kilometers northwest
- km northwest
facing that way roughly northwest, I think, OK.
- facing that way roughly northwest, I think, OK.
Examples
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We show your position 40 miles northwest of Patscherkofel Intersection.
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The hikers continued their journey northwest towards the higher mountains.
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Have troops in contact 20 miles northwest.
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MAN: This storm is heading northwest.
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10 clicks northwest of the city.
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About 200 miles northwest of Gao.
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The study area is approximately 40 kilometers northwest of Fort Collins, the nearest metropolitan area.
Academic text (2001) -
The Chicago & Galena express was traveling northwest, toward Dubuque across the Mississippi.
Fiction book (2001) -
St. Cloud sits along the chilliest stretch of the Mississippi River, about 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis.
Academic text (2017) -
Simmons manages 700 cows and 200 yearlings on 3,600 acres northwest of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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2.9
In a direction toward the point halfway between north and west on a compass
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3.7
Facing or going toward the northwest
In the direction between north and west
To move toward the northwest
Moving toward the northwest
Antonyms
Compounds
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A region in the northwestern United States that includes Washington and Oregon and sometimes parts of southwestern British Columbia
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7.5
A sea route through the Arctic along the north coast of North America that links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
- US
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A region of the United States in the northwest that includes states like Washington and Oregon
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A large area in northwest Canada now smaller since Canada created Nunavut in 1999
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Northwest comes from putting north and west together and is used to show movement toward that direction. So to travel northwest is to go 'toward the northwest', the way between north and west.