southeast
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- adjective
- /ˌsaʊθˈiːst/
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- Our new house is located in the southeast part of the city, near the park.
I'm sure he does because he grew up in the same world that I grew up in, in southeast London.
- I'm sure he does because he grew up in the same world that I grew up in, in southeast London.
Examples
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He's on the fifth floor, southeast corner room.
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In an upstairs office, in the southeast corner of the building, sits Bob's orderly desk.
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Yeah, once we got up there, we found the body in the fourth floor, southeast corner apartment.
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Guys, we got incoming, southeast side.
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Mawson decided to head across the southeast towards where Scott was operating in the Ross Sea.
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At the moment, the most likely areas to be affected are Wales and mid to north England midweek, then southeast Britain for the New Year.
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Nowhere is this threat being realized more quickly and with less scrutiny than the southeast African nation of Mozambique.
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Age forty-seven, white male, plumber, high school education, lives in a southeast Memphis suburb.
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When he returned to his hilly, southeast Iowa Z7 farm, his father suggested they clear some timber from their bottomland to have more pasture for their cattle.
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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) - Two Arkansas men are facing charges in southeast Missouri after police say the stolen car reports that the incident happened Sunday morning in Cape Girardeau.
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Synonyms
In the direction between south and east
Toward the point between south and east
Toward the southeast
Toward the southeast
Wind or weather that comes from the southeast
Antonyms
Compounds
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A part of Asia south of China and east of India, including countries like Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia
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The direction halfway between east and southeast, about 112.5 degrees from north
A group of Southeast Asian countries that work together on trade, politics, and security
A compass direction that is a little east of southeast at about 124 degrees from north
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Southeast as an adjective is built from south + east, so it means 'from or facing the southeast'. That's why we say a 'southeast wind' when the wind comes from that direction.