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SOUTHEAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("southeast" is a kind of...):
location (a point or extent in space)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The southeastern region of the United States
Synonyms:
Southeast; southeastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Holonyms ("Southeast" is a part of...):
East; eastern United States (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
Synonyms:
SE; sou'-east; southeast; southeastward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("southeast" is a kind of...):
compass point; point (any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("southeast" is a kind of...):
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Situated in or oriented toward the southeast
Synonyms:
southeast; southeasterly; southeastern
Classified under:
Similar:
south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Coming from the southeast
Example:
southeasterly breezes
Synonyms:
southeast; southeasterly
Classified under:
Similar:
south (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south)
III. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
To, toward, or in the southeast
Synonyms:
sou'-east; south-east; southeast
Classified under:
Context examples:
The reddish enhanced color image shown as the left inset reveals a mountain range located in southeast Cthulhu that’s 260 miles (420 kilometers) long.
(Methane Snow on Pluto’s Peaks, NASA)
A country in central Europe, southeast of Germany and southwest of Poland.
(Czech Republic, NCI Thesaurus)
A group of islands in the Indian Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica, southeast of the French Southern and Antarctic Islands.
(Heard Island and McDonald Islands, NCI Thesaurus)
The four compass directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest, located halfway between the cardinal directions.
(Ordinal Direction, NCI Thesaurus)
A chain of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida and north of Cuba.
(Bahamas, NCI Thesaurus)
Morinda citrifolia is native to Southeast Asia but has been extensively spread by man throughout India and into the Pacific islands as far as the French Polynesian Islands.
(Morinda citrifolia, NCI Thesaurus)
The report covered coastal municipalities in the Northeast, Southeast, and South regions of the country.
(Brazil's coastal cities more vulnerable to climate change, Agência Brasil)
The epidemic form is found primarily in areas in which white (polished) rice is the staple food, as in Japan, China, the Philippines, India, and other countries of southeast Asia.
(Beri Beri, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Camellia sinensis is native to mainland South and Southeast Asia, but is today cultivated across the world, in tropical and subtropical regions.
(Camellia sinensis, NCI Thesaurus)
It is associated with betel quid chewing, a habit practiced in Southeast Asia and India.
(Oral Cavity Submucous Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)
