east-southeast

American  

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

noun

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

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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

Example Sentences

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 • Sep. 17, 2023

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 • Aug. 27, 2023

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 • Jun. 20, 2023

In the middle of the month, Jupiter and Mars seem to move closer in the east-southeast before sunrise from our earthly perspective.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022

At first they could see nothing, and then from the east-southeast came a thick flow of ice on a riptide current, like a wide river of tumbling, churning chunks and floes.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong