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east-southeast

American  
[eest-south-eest, eest-sou-eest] / ˈistˌsaʊθˈist, ˈistˌsaʊˈist /

noun

  1. the point on a compass midway between east and southeast.


adjective

  1. coming from this point.

    an east-southeast wind.

  2. directed toward this point.

    an east-southeast course.

adverb

  1. toward this point: ESE

    sailing east-southeast.

east-southeast British  

noun

  1. the point on the compass or the direction midway between east and southeast, 112° 30′ clockwise from north

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adjective

  1. in, from, or towards this direction

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Example Sentences

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Early Sunday morning, Nigel was in the open Atlantic, about 980 miles northeast of the Lesser Antilles and 1,180 miles east-southeast of Bermuda.

From New York Times

Sunday, the storm was about 95 miles east-southeast of Cozumel, Mexico, moving northeast at 3 mph with highest sustained winds of 40 mph, forecasters said.

From Washington Times

The Titan had hitched a ride to the Titanic’s resting spot—about 400 miles east-southeast off Newfoundland—with a Canadian research ship called the Polar Prince.

From Scientific American

The center of the storm was about 40 miles east-southeast of Guam at about 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the Weather Service said in an update.

From New York Times

“You could see the swarm of orange coming down,” second-year Tennessee coach Josh Heupel had said 1,500 miles east-southeast, having just coached a mad, mad, mad, mad victory over No. 3 Alabama that upheld one of the weirdest tenets of a sport stuffed with them.

From Washington Post