Definitions
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- noun
southeast
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
- adverb to, toward, or in the southeast
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Examples
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"The breeze, what there was, has been from the sou'-east and the current trends in the same direction."
The Ghost Ship A Mystery of the Sea Henry [Illustrator] Austin
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"It wasn't long after dat de capten tould us dat we were full enough, an 'away we sailed to de sou'-east."
Adrift in the Ice-Fields Charles W. Hall
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When conjoined with other points they are pronounced thus: nor'-east, sou'-east; and so on.
Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships R. [Illustrator] Richardson 1859
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