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Southeast   /sˌaʊθˈist/   Listen
Southeast

noun
1.
The compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees.  Synonyms: SE, sou'-east, southeastward.
2.
The southeastern region of the United States.  Synonym: southeastern United States.
3.
The direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point.
4.
A location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city.
adjective
1.
Coming from the southeast.  Synonym: southeasterly.
2.
Situated in or oriented toward the southeast.  Synonyms: southeasterly, southeastern.
adverb
1.
To, toward, or in the southeast.  Synonyms: sou'-east, south-east.



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"Southeast" Quotes from Famous Books



... plateaus, known as the "Roof of the World." Here two tremendous mountain chains diverge. The Altai range runs out to the northeast and reaches the shores of the Pacific near Bering Strait. The Himalaya range extends southeast to the Malay peninsula. In the angle formed by their intersection lies the cold and barren region of East Turkestan and Tibet, the height of which, in some places, is ten thousand feet above the sea. From these mountains and plateaus the ground sinks gradually toward the ...
— EARLY EUROPEAN HISTORY • HUTTON WEBSTER
... the Ages.—Earth, two panels (northwest corner of corridor); Air, two panels (southwest corner of corridor); Water, two panels (southeast corner of corridor); Fire, two panels (northeast corner of corridor); all by Frank Brangwyn (67, 68, ...
— The Jewel City • Ben Macomber
... clouds began to rise from out the sea. There came a fitful breeze, with a little hum to it. To the southeast-ward the horizon assumed a ...
— Dan Merrithew • Lawrence Perry
... southeast at an angle which should bring them across the track of the enemy hunting party. The path was theirs at last, only moments after the passing of their quarry. None of the five riders was taking any precautions to cover his trail. Each moved with ...
— The Defiant Agents • Andre Alice Norton
... ascent his balloon was released with insufficient lifting power. As soon as he rose above neighboring roofs, a very high southeast wind caught him, and, before he had time to throw out ballast, drove his basket against the flagstaff on the Gilsey House with such violence that the staff was broken, and the basket momentarily upset, dumping two ballast bags to the Broadway sidewalk where ...
— The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier • Edgar Beecher Bronson


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