Definition

1. Noun:

   • The compass point midway between south and east: The direction exactly halfway between south and east, specifically at 135 degrees on a compass.
   • A location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city: An area that lies in the southeastern section of a larger geographical entity.
   • The southeastern region of a specific area: Often used to refer to a large, defined region, such as the southeastern United States.

2. Adjective:

   • Situated in or oriented toward the southeast: Describing something located in, or facing, the southeast direction.
   • Coming from the southeast: Describing something, like wind, that originates from the southeast direction.

3. Adverb:

   • To, toward, or in the southeast: Describing movement or position in relation to the southeast direction.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The storm is approaching from the southeast.
  • She moved to the southeast of the country for a new job.
  • Atlanta is a major city in the American Southeast.

• Adjective:

  • They bought a house on the southeast corner of the street.
  • We felt a cool, southeast wind.

• Adverb:

  • The birds migrated southeast for the winter.
  • The highway continues southeast for another fifty miles.

Advanced Usage

• "to the southeast of": Used to describe the relative position of one place in relation to another.
  • The small village lies to the southeast of the capital city.

Variants and Related Words

• Southeastern (adj): Characteristic of or located in the southeast.
  • The southeastern coastline is very rugged.
• Southeasterly (adj/adv): Another way to describe something coming from or going toward the southeast.
  • The plane took a southeasterly course. (Adverb)
  • A southeasterly gale. (Adjective)

Synonyms

• SE (abbreviation): The standard compass abbreviation.
• Southeasterly (for the adjective form describing direction/origin).

Related Phrases

• Southeast Asia: A specific subregion of Asia.
• Southeast by east: A compass point one quarter east of southeast (146.25°).

Adjective

1. situated in or oriented toward the southeast
2. coming from the southeast
   • southeasterly breezes

Adverb

1. to, toward, or in the southeast

Noun

1. a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city
2. the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point
3. the southeastern region of the United States
4. the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees