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• northeast
  northeast

  noun

  a point on the compass midway between north and east. NE
• Northeast
  Northeast

  noun

  the northeastern part of England, esp Northumberland, Durham, and the Tyneside area

northeast

American  

[nawrth-eest, nawr-eest] / ˌnɔrθˈist, ˌnɔrˈist /

noun

1. a point on the compass midway between north and east. NE

2. a region in this direction.

3. the Northeast, the northeastern part of the United States.

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adverb

1. toward or in the northeast.

   sailing northeast.

adjective

1. coming from the northeast.

   a northeast wind.

2. directed toward the northeast.

   a northeast course.

northeast ¹ British  

/ ˌnɔːθˈiːst, ˌnɔːrˈiːst /

noun

1. the point of the compass or direction midway between north and east, 45° clockwise from north

2. (often capital) any area lying in or towards this direction

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adjective

1. (sometimes capital) of or denoting the northeastern part of a specified country, area, etc

   northeast Lincolnshire

2. situated in, proceeding towards, or facing the northeast

3. (esp of the wind) from the northeast

adverb

1. in, to, towards, or (esp of the wind) from the northeast

Northeast ² British  

/ ˌnɔːθˈiːst /

noun

1. the northeastern part of England, esp Northumberland, Durham, and the Tyneside area

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Other Word Forms

• northeastern
  adjective
• northeasternmost
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of northeast

before 950; Middle English, Old English; see north, east

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Example Sentences

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In rural Modoc County, in California’s remote northeast corner, Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton donned a beige cowboy hat and climbed atop a horse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Opposed to their memorialist passion are people like Nili Bar Sinai, 76, a tough old lady from Be’eri, a much larger kibbutz 12 miles northeast of Nir Oz.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

A truck passes this Soviet-style building in Moa, an industrial city on Cuba’s northeast coast.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Strong Nor'easter off the mid-Atlantic and northeast will bring coastal flooding, rip currents, strong wind gusts, and heavy rain to the region this weekend," the National Weather Service said on its website.

From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026

We live about a mile northeast of town and we do sheep on one half of the farm and wheat on the other.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

In the Northeast, diesel also comes out of the same refined-oil pool as the heating oil used to heat homes in the winter, Carpenter said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

While that would provide partial relief in the Gulf and Midwest, according to Pearce, he adds it would be of "little benefit" to the Northeast and West Coast.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Northeast of Los Angeles, the two systems come close together at Cajon Pass - a complicated geological junction where a rupture traveling along one fault may, under the right conditions, continue onto the other.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

For Americans, especially in the Northeast, that means heating oil bills that are sky-high.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“And maybe they don’t know—but Northeast has its sketchy streets still. It hasn’t changed over there that much.”

From "Piecing Me Together" by Renée Watson

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