1
a
: the general direction between south and east
b
: the point midway between the south and east compass points
2
Southeast
: regions or countries lying to the southeast of a specified or implied point of orientation
1
: coming from the southeast
a southeast wind
2
: situated toward or at the southeast
the southeast corner
Examples of southeast in a Sentence
Adverb
It's a few miles southeast of here.
Noun
A mountain range is in the southeast of the country.
Rain is moving into the Southeast.
He grew up in the Southeast.
Adjective
My office is in the southeast corner of the building.
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Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Just 32 nautical miles southeast of the city, the historic ocean liner SS United States will be intentionally sunk to form the world’s largest artificial reef.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
These crimes, concentrated along major freight corridors in the southeast of the country, force companies to invest in trackers, armored convoys and route changes – costs that ripple through supply chains and ultimately into final prices.
—Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Whataburger leases the property on the southeast side of the intersection from Lineberry Properties.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
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Adverb
The earthquake's epicenter was located about 2 miles southeast of San Ramon and occurred at a depth of 4 miles.
—Ca Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Just 32 nautical miles southeast of the city, the historic ocean liner SS United States will be intentionally sunk to form the world’s largest artificial reef.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
Noun
Newsweek reviewed imagery captured by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellites, which verified the ship’s presence off the Venezuelan coast at a time when the Skipper’s crew had claimed its location was more than 550 miles to the southeast, off Guyana.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
These crimes, concentrated along major freight corridors in the southeast of the country, force companies to invest in trackers, armored convoys and route changes – costs that ripple through supply chains and ultimately into final prices.
—Robert Muggah, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025
Adjective
After Hurricane Florence made landfall in North Carolina in 2018, at least 50 manure lagoons overflowed into neighboring communities, Drew Ball, the southeast campaigns director at the Natural Resources Defense Council said in a conference with reporters unveiling the report.
—Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
Whataburger leases the property on the southeast side of the intersection from Lineberry Properties.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
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Cite this Entry
“Southeast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southeast. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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southeast
1 of 3 adverb
south·east
sau̇-ˈthēst 
nautical sau̇-ˈēst
: to or toward the southeast
southeast
2 of 3 noun1
: the direction between south and east
2
capitalized
: regions or countries southeast of a point that is mentioned or understood
southeast
3 of 3 adjective1
: situated toward or at the southeast
the southeast corner
2
: coming from the southeast
a southeast wind
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