north-northeast

[ nawrth-nawrth-eest; Nautical nawr-nawr-eest ]

/ ˈnɔrθˌnɔrθˈist; Nautical ˈnɔrˌnɔrˈist /

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noun

the point on the compass midway between north and northeast. Abbreviation: NNE

adjective

coming from this point: facing a north-northeast wind.

directed toward this point: a north-northeast course.

adverb

toward this point: sailing north-northeast.

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Origin of north-northeast

1400–50; late Middle English north north est;see north, northeast

Words nearby north-northeast

North Miami, North Miami Beach, northmost, North New Hyde Park, north node, north-northeast, north-northeastward, north-northwest, north-northwestward, north of 60, North Olmsted

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How to use north-northeast in a sentence

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They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.
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The new information consisted of Internet protocol addresses that Comey said are “exclusively used” by North Korea.
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Current and former intelligence officials have said North Korea has long been a priority target for American spies.
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There were also the fleshy remains of the seniors who migrated to Florida from all points north.
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Between South and North, the probabilities of a serious, and no very distant rupture, are strong and manifest.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Two Battalions racing due North along the coast and foothills with levelled bayonets.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Turn we our backs to the cold gloomy north, to the wet windy west, to the dry parching east—on to the south!
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
This road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west.
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From Canada on the north, to Texas on the south, the hot winds had laid the land seemingly bare.
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British Dictionary definitions for north-northeast

north-northeast

noun

the point on the compass or the direction midway between north and northeast, 22° 30′ clockwise from north

adjective, adverb

in, from, or towards this direction

Symbol: NNE

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