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  southeast

  noun

  the point or direction midway between south and east. SE
• Southeast
  Southeast

  noun

  the southeastern part of Britain, esp the London area

southeast

American  

[sauth-eest, sau-eest] / ˌsaʊθˈist, ˌsaʊˈist /

noun

1. the point or direction midway between south and east. SE

2. a region in this direction.

3. (initial capital letter) the southeast region of the United States.

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adjective

1. lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the southeast.

2. coming from the southeast, as a wind.

adverb

1. in the direction midway between south and east.

southeast ¹ British  

/ ˌsaʊθˈiːst, ˌsaʊˈiːst /

noun

1. the point of the compass or the direction midway between south and east, 135° clockwise from north

2. any area lying in or towards this direction

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adjective

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

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

3. (esp of the wind) from the southeast

adverb

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

Southeast ² British  

/ ˌsaʊθˈiːst /

noun

1. the southeastern part of Britain, esp the London area

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Other Word Forms

• southeastern
  adjective
• southeasternmost
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of southeast

before 900; Middle English southest, Old English sūthēast. See south, east

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Example Sentences

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southeast Southeast

Such is the enthusiasm that France is considering opening vocational schools, notably in Puducherry, the former French colonial port in India's southeast.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Long-range drones, which don’t require Starlink connections, attacked the Ryazan oil refinery, located southeast of Moscow, sparking a fire, Russian officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

By 1:20 p.m., smoke was visible in the rugged hills along the southeast side of the city, as reported by a Watch Duty user.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Even before the storm made landfall, hundreds of thousands were without power in the country's southeast - and Alabama, Florida and Georgia have issued states of emergency as they brace for heavy rains and flooding.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

They continued to the southeast for an unplanned but necessary detour.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

At the moment his firm has 96,000 data collectors across countries in Latin America and Southeast Asia.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Should regulators in Southeast Asia take the same stance as Taiwan, Uber may have to carve out the Foodpanda business in the region or sell its Grab stake, Mittal adds.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Indonesian schoolchildren prayed for rain on Thursday as another firefighter lost his life battling drought-fuelled blazes consuming forests and peatlands and blanketing parts of Southeast Asia in a sickening haze.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Thousands of others across Indonesia and Southeast Asia have spent the past several months hoping for the same.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

American intelligence agents in Southeast Asia reported to Washington that a national election would almost certainly be won by Ho Chi Minh.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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