southeast
Towards or in the direction of the southeastTowards or in the direction of the southeast; southeastwards.
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» The wind is coming from the southeast.
Ветер дует с юго-востока. — ZegPhig
Ветер юго-восточный. — marafon
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1 senses(not comparable, usually)Towards or in the direction of the southeast; southeastwards.
We are travelling southeast at the moment.
Valencia is southeast of Madrid.
to, toward, or in the southeast
Examples
32 sentencesThe wind is coming from the southeast.
ruВетер дует с юго-востока. — ZegPhig
There are twelve counterinsurgents just southeast of the village.
South-southeast is the lucky direction of the year.
All in all, the southeast sector offers a very diverse avifauna, and it should not be ignored by the visiting birder.
Muslim traders introduced Islam to Southeast Asia.
Origin
From Middle English southest, from Old English sūþēast, equivalent to south + east.From Middle English southest, from Old English sūþēast, equivalent to south + east.
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Forms
further southeast/farther southeast, furthest southeast/farthest southeast| Comparative | further southeast / farther southeast Lesson |
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| Superlative | furthest southeast / farthest southeast |
irregular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- to, toward, or in the southeast:south-eastsou'-east
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.