southwest
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- noun
- /ˈsaʊθˌwɛst/
:
suroeste
- I could see the sun setting in the southwest as I walked along the beach.
- lies to the southwest
- miles to the southwest
- the southwest corner
These were the main players there and while they would try to work out who controlled what, a similar story began unfolding to the southwest earlier this month.
- These were the main players there and while they would try to work out who controlled what, a similar story began unfolding to the southwest earlier this month.
Examples
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Barracks are gonna be in the southwest corner.
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Now, this high pressure is moving in from the southwest and it should be expected to stay with us for the next couple of days.
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Something is approaching from the southwest.
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The wind blows from the southwest, bringing with it the rains.
Fiction book (1990) -
A single division, accompanied by some cavalry, moved southwest against Rome.
Academic text (2007) -
So Mars is in the southwest sky at the minute in the evening, so long evenings, really easy to try and find it and spot it.
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Ramelle is on the Merderet River, right here, just to the southwest of us.
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The 1920s saw a boom in bungalow construction, especially to the west and southwest of the CBD.
Academic text (1994) -
It's 7:31 a.m., 69 degrees with winds out of the southwest.
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Early mornings find Jupiter sinking in the southwest as Mars climbs in the east.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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A compass direction halfway between south and west
A direction halfway between south and west
The direction halfway between south and west on a compass
Antonyms
Compounds
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Etymology
Southwest joins the two simple directions south and west and names the point halfway between 'south' and 'west' on a compass. So when you hear southwest for a direction, think of the in-between point that is both south and west.