northwest
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1.0
- adjective
- /nɔrθˈwɛst/
:
noroccidental
- We'll form up at the northwest corner of the square.
- the northwest corner
- the northwest coast
- the northwest side
Examples
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The Blackfeet reservation, in northwest Montana, is poor and geographically isolated, with low levels of educational attainment.
Academic text (2017) -
Heading towards the northwest corner of town.
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Imagine, if you will, a small town in northwest Britain creating its first museum.
Academic text (1992) -
You will come from the northwest service entrance.
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Under the president's plan, northwest forests have been managed according to environmental standards.
Academic text (1997) -
Subjects were residents of northwest Ohio and rural western New York State.
Academic text (1991) -
The first section began in the northwest corner of the building and extended clockwise around the rotunda.
Academic text (1990) -
Widespread lava flows on the northwest side of the Big Island of Hawaii have earned the region a reputation.
Academic text (2011) -
Crosby, population 1,089, is the seat of Divide County in northwest North Dakota, which borders Canada and Montana.
Academic text (2001) -
We'll meet at the northwest corner of the park to start our hike.
Synonyms
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2.8
Located toward the northwest, for example in the top left part of a map
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3.7
Facing or going toward the northwest
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.6
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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2.6
A region of the United States in the northwest that includes states like Washington and Oregon
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5.4
A large area in northwest Canada now smaller since Canada created Nunavut in 1999
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Northwest is made from north and west and describes where something is or where it comes from. That's why a northwest wind comes from that direction and a northwest view looks toward the area 'between north and west'.