Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: northeast
IPA transcription: [n,ɔɹθ'ist]
Pronunciations of northeast
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: northeastern, northeasterly, northeast
    Meaning: situated in or oriented toward the northeast; "the northeasterly part of the island"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: northeast, nor'-east, northeastward, NE
    Meaning: the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
  • Synonyms: Northeast, northeastern_United_States
    Meaning: the northeastern region of the United States
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: northeast, north-east, nor'-east
    Meaning: to, toward, or in the northeast
Usage examples
  • The room selected for the "Kid's" home was large, and in the northeast corner of the building, upstairs.
  • The sky became clouded, but the air was pure, although chilled by the northeast breeze that was then rising.
  • When little Abe was four years old his father and mother moved from Rock Spring Farm to a better place on Knob Creek, a few miles to the northeast of the farm where he was born.
  • If the direction has been maintained from the northeast to the southwest, we have traversed the States of North Carolina, of South Carolina, of Georgia, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, itself, in its narrow part, then a part of the Pacific Ocean.
  • In the morning we turn to the northeast and descend from Kaibab to the back of Marble Canyon and cross it at the foot of the Vermilion Cliffs, and find our packers camped at Jacob's Pool, where a spring bursts from the cliff at the summit of a great hill of talus.
  • In a word, we carried out our arrangement to the letter, and, at two in the morning, just ten minutes after the ceremony, I found myself in a close carriage with Madame Lalande--with Mrs. Simpson, I should say--and driving at a great rate out of town, in a direction Northeast by North, half-North.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Matthew Brettingham, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording American Airlines Flight 11, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Interstate 15 in Arizona, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Boshin War, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Aggie Bonfire, License CC BY-SA 4.0