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Definition of Southeast

1. Adverb. To, toward, or in the southeast.

2. Adjective. Coming from the southeast. "Southeasterly breezes"

3. Noun. The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees.

4. Adjective. Situated in or oriented toward the southeast.

5. Noun. The southeastern region of the United States.

6. Noun. The direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point.

7. Noun. A location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city.

Definition of Southeast

1. n. The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

2. a. Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.

Definition of Southeast

1. Noun. The direction of the cardinal compass point halfway between south and east, specifically 135°, abbreviated as SE. ¹

2. Adjective. Towards the southeast (''UK'': south-east); southeastwards. ¹

3. Adjective. southeastern (''UK'': south-eastern), southeasternmost; occupying a position that is relatively southeast of another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Southeast

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Southeast

south by west south celestial pole south poles south side south southeast south southerly south southwest south temperate zone south wind south winds

southbound southbridge southbridges southcottian southdown southeast southeast by east southeast by south southeaster southeasterly

southeastern southeastern pocket gopher southeastern united states southeasters southeasts southeastward southeastwardly southeastwards southed

Literary usage of Southeast

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"13, 14, 15,16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33,34, 35 and 36, the south half of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The Fiji, Ellice, Solomon and Tonga islands lie on a plateau southeast of New ... The southeast trade wind, on the other hand, advances beyond the equator, ..."

3. Bulletin by Tennessee Division of Geology, Geological Survey, Division of Geology, Tennessee (1913)
"2 is 140 feet southeast of No. 1. The development consists of an open cut 15 feet long, at the end of which is a short tunnel seven feet long. ..."

4. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1855)
"Reasons for supposing that the Air of the Northeast and of the Southeast Trades cross at the calm Belts, $ 174.—What Observations have shown, 184. ..."

5. The Physical Geography of the Sea by Matthew Fontaine Maury (1858)
"Tracks of Vessels across the Southeast Trades, 767.—Scenes in the Trade-wind ... —Proof that the Southwest Monsoons are the Southeast Trades deflected, 797. ..."

6. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"This is evidently followed by Kirtland's Warbler, which neste in northern Michigan and winters in the Bahamas, and it brings to our southeast Atlantic Coast ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1897)
"In section 31, southeast quarter, the Cossatot crosses an overturned ... In 4S., 3r W., section 26, southeast quarter, an anticline is crossed by Flat creek ..."

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