1
a
: the general direction between south and east
b
: the point midway between the south and east compass points
2
capitalized
: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Wildlife officers responded to the tips and discovered the bodies dumped on state trust land southeast of Salida on Sept. 29.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
The ship hit a supporting structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which is located southeast of the Baltimore metropolitan area.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Douglas, a city of 16,000 about 90 miles southeast of Tucson near another patrol station, could see between 100 to 150 migrants released per day.
—Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
Light east wind becoming southeast at 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2024
Located in the city’s Santo Stefano district—an elegant residential area just southeast of Bologna’s core—the former convent dated back to the 1300s.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2024
The attack was roughly 5 miles southeast of Georgetown off of Darling Ridge Road above the Kelsey area, 70 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
The dangerous encounter happened around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5, as Hall County’s K9 teams were training in a rural area southeast of Gainesville, Georgia, the sheriff’s office said in a March 6 news release.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
Maya King Micah Green, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
In the city of Engels southeast of Saratov, where a strategic aviation base of the Russian Armed Forces is based, regional head Roman Busargin confirmed the interception of one drone but asserted no casualties or destruction.
—Anna Chernova, Victoria Butenko and Sophie Tanno, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Lake Elsinore’s Walker Canyon, about an hour-and-a-half drive southeast from Los Angeles, sprouted in a brilliant superbloom last year, prompting city officials to close the popular destination for fear of a tourist crush.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Annapolis is about a 30-mile drive southeast from Baltimore.
—Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Proctorville is about a 150-mile drive southeast of Cincinnati.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
Temperatures will be well below normal, with highs ranging from the mid-40s in the northwest to the lower 50s in the southeast.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
The best chance of a severe storm, with damaging winds and possibly a tornado, is south and southeast of D.C.
—Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Along with clearing the shipping channel to reopen the port, officials are trying to figure out how to rebuild the major bridge, which was completed in 1977 and carried Interstate 695 around southeast Baltimore and was a vital link to the city’s centuries of maritime culture.
—Mike Pesoli, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
Frankie Adkins, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
Some storm damage was reported in the southeast Pulaski County area.
—Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 9 Apr. 2024
The incident occurred about 4 p.m. at Los Cerritos Center, a large shopping mall next to the 605 Freeway in southeast Los Angeles County, according to Deputy Veronica Fantom, a spokesperson for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Growing up in rural southeast China, Dr. Guihua Yu watched as people in his small mountainous community suffered from a lack of clean water.
—Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
All of southeast Africa was spread out below: Mozambique to the east, south and west, Tanzania to the far northeast, Zambia to the far northwest.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Easter road closures:I-40 and state Route 87 see closures due to heavy snowfall
Although the first patch of rain had already left the Valley and moved off to the east, a new development of storm activity from southeast California was moving toward southwest Phoenix on Sunday evening.
—Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2024
Bay View's southeast corner touches the St. Francis Seminary Woods.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
Residents were instructed to avoid the entire I-695 southeast corridor as rescue operations are underway at the bridge.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
Adverb
Sunday’s post marks the second time in two days that Kim posted bikini photos while on vacation on the islands southeast of the Bahamas.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
Wildlife officers responded to the tips and discovered the bodies dumped on state trust land southeast of Salida on Sept. 29.
—Brooke Baitinger, Idaho Statesman, 27 Mar. 2024
The ship hit a supporting structure of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which is located southeast of the Baltimore metropolitan area.
—Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
Douglas, a city of 16,000 about 90 miles southeast of Tucson near another patrol station, could see between 100 to 150 migrants released per day.
—Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
Light east wind becoming southeast at 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Mar. 2024
Located in the city’s Santo Stefano district—an elegant residential area just southeast of Bologna’s core—the former convent dated back to the 1300s.
—Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2024
The attack was roughly 5 miles southeast of Georgetown off of Darling Ridge Road above the Kelsey area, 70 miles northeast of downtown Sacramento.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 25 Mar. 2024
The dangerous encounter happened around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5, as Hall County’s K9 teams were training in a rural area southeast of Gainesville, Georgia, the sheriff’s office said in a March 6 news release.
—Mark Price, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
Noun
All were spurred on by her story and had help from national groups like Planned Parenthood, whose southeast affiliate made Ms. Lands their first endorsement of the 2024 cycle.
—Maya King Micah Green, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
In the city of Engels southeast of Saratov, where a strategic aviation base of the Russian Armed Forces is based, regional head Roman Busargin confirmed the interception of one drone but asserted no casualties or destruction.
—Anna Chernova, Victoria Butenko and Sophie Tanno, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
Lake Elsinore’s Walker Canyon, about an hour-and-a-half drive southeast from Los Angeles, sprouted in a brilliant superbloom last year, prompting city officials to close the popular destination for fear of a tourist crush.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Annapolis is about a 30-mile drive southeast from Baltimore.
—Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 4 Apr. 2024
Proctorville is about a 150-mile drive southeast of Cincinnati.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024
Temperatures will be well below normal, with highs ranging from the mid-40s in the northwest to the lower 50s in the southeast.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
The best chance of a severe storm, with damaging winds and possibly a tornado, is south and southeast of D.C.
—Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Along with clearing the shipping channel to reopen the port, officials are trying to figure out how to rebuild the major bridge, which was completed in 1977 and carried Interstate 695 around southeast Baltimore and was a vital link to the city’s centuries of maritime culture.
—Mike Pesoli, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024
Adjective
The units will be tested in southeast England by the UK’s National Bee Unit, with the goal of improving nest tracking efficiency by 80 percent.
—Frankie Adkins, WIRED, 10 Apr. 2024
Some storm damage was reported in the southeast Pulaski County area.
—Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 9 Apr. 2024
The incident occurred about 4 p.m. at Los Cerritos Center, a large shopping mall next to the 605 Freeway in southeast Los Angeles County, according to Deputy Veronica Fantom, a spokesperson for the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.
—Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Growing up in rural southeast China, Dr. Guihua Yu watched as people in his small mountainous community suffered from a lack of clean water.
—Joanne Fowler, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
All of southeast Africa was spread out below: Mozambique to the east, south and west, Tanzania to the far northeast, Zambia to the far northwest.
—Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Easter road closures:I-40 and state Route 87 see closures due to heavy snowfall
Although the first patch of rain had already left the Valley and moved off to the east, a new development of storm activity from southeast California was moving toward southwest Phoenix on Sunday evening.
—Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2024
Bay View's southeast corner touches the St. Francis Seminary Woods.
—Gina Lee Castro, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
Residents were instructed to avoid the entire I-695 southeast corridor as rescue operations are underway at the bridge.
—Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 28 Mar. 2024
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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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