Northeast - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌnɔːrˈθiːst|  American pronunciation of the word northeast
Brit.  |ˌnɔːθˈiːst|  British pronunciation of the word northeast

noun

- the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees (syn: northeastward)
- the northeastern region of the United States
- the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point
- a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city

adverb

- to, toward, or in the northeast (syn: north-east)

adjective

- situated in or oriented toward the northeast (syn: northeasterly, northeastern)
the northeasterly part of the island
- coming from the northeast (syn: northeasterly)
northeasterly winds

Extra examples

It's a few miles northeast of here.

We left the city and headed northeast.

My office is in the northeast corner of the building.

A mountain range is in the northeast of the country.

Parts of the Northeast were hit hard by the storm.

I grew up in the Northeast.

She works the Northeast region of the state selling insurance.

The squadron will track north by northeast for 40 miles.

Assuming your calculations are correct, we should travel northeast.

Flooding is likely in some coastal regions of the Northeast during the early part of the week.

The wind blew from the northeast.

He headed northeast across the open sea.

...a Southern visitor who was unused to the chilling air of a Northeast winter...

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