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• southeast
  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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Demonstrations in Marseille in the south and Lyon in the southeast have been banned at the weekend, while in Paris protesters will only be allowed to march a limited route between Bastille and Nation squares.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 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

Speculation has grown in part of southeast Iowa, near the Mississippi River, in recent days as word about a large project has spread.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

For six months the stream of stars slants across the sky from, so to speak, northeast to southwest; the other six months it slants from southeast to northwest.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“California will keep fighting to do right by the families of Southeast Los Angeles.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026

Taiwan was Grab’s first attempted foray outside of Southeast Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Hydroelectric dams have proliferated across Southeast Asia in recent years, but production drops off in the dry season and critics lament the ecological impacts.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

“Nvidia needs the U.S. government to trust that vetting, both for its business with Southeast Asian data centers that rent computing power to Chinese companies, and for any future sales to China,” Chang said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

Look to the Southeast, where, as Taylor has noted, “colonial societies sustained a slave system more oppressive than anything practiced in Europe” and “the slave-owners relied on Indians to catch runaways.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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