southeastward
- adverb
- /ˌsaʊθˈiːstwərd/
:
hacia el sureste
- The storm is expected to move southeastward, bringing rain to the coastal areas.
- moved southeastward
- stretched southeastward
Examples
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It then moved south and, more recently, southeastward.
Academic text (2008) -
In order to return to Europe from the Gold Coast, it was necessary for navigational reasons to sail southeastward until one reached Cape Lopez (in what is now Gabon); and in doing so, it was common practice to conduct trade at different points along the coast (cf. Ratelband 1953; Jones, forthcoming).
Academic text (1994) -
This may increase the outflow of ice from the Arctic if the winds and currents push southeastward.
Blog text (5) -
The Soviet yielding on Turkey to entice the Germans southeastward could have required Hitler to postpone his attack until well into the fall.
Academic text (1996) -
Such a shift suggests that waves approaching from the west and northwest were becoming more significant in controlling the direction of littoral transport, which caused the river mouths to migrate southeastward.
Academic text (1994) -
Geographers refer to the partly submerged subcontinental spur that extends southeastward from Asia as Sundaland.
Academic text (1996) -
West of the Ozarks and Ouachitas are the Central Lowlands and the southernmost section of the Great Plains, a region of low elevation and relief that drains southeastward toward the Gulf of Mexico.
Academic text (2012) -
The decline began in the 1970s, when governmental functions began to decentralize by moving from the traditional urban core southeastward along Boulevard Lopez Mateos, the main commercial spine that parallels the railroad tracks.
Academic text (1995) -
However, based on our in situ observations of the current direction, a delay of the "Laurabada" was occurring in mid-April 1991 and, consequently, the "Lahara," together with the currents it drove, continued to persist southeastward.
Academic text (1995) -
Following the governmental lead, commercial-retail decentralization, including many Chinese-owned businesses, accelerated in the 1980s and continues to push progressively eastward and southeastward along several new or expanded thoroughfares.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
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1.0
In the direction between south and east
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4.1
Located toward the southeast
Toward the point between south and east
In the direction between south and east
Toward the southeast
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Southeastward comes from joining south, east, and -ward, where -ward means 'toward', just like in homeward. So to go southeastward is to move 'toward the southeast'.