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northeast

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) northeast (adverb)
  2. 2) northeast (adjective)
  3. 3) northeast (noun)
  4. northeast by east
  5. northeast by north
  6. north-northeast (noun)
  7. east-northeast (noun)
  8. north by east
  9. North East Frontier Agency (geographical name)
  10. North-East New Guinea (geographical name)
  11. Arunachal Pradesh (geographical name)

1north·east

adv \nȯrth-ˈēst, nautical nȯr-ˈēst\

Definition of NORTHEAST

: to, toward, or in the northeast
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Examples of NORTHEAST

  1. It's a few miles northeast of here.
  2. We left the city and headed northeast.

First Known Use of NORTHEAST

before 12th century

Rhymes with NORTHEAST

archpriest, artiste, at least, batiste, black beast, deceased, down east, Far East, love feast, modiste, Near East, simpliste, southeast

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