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
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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.