Definition of northeast
: to, toward, or in the northeast
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Examples of northeast in a Sentence
It's a few miles northeast of here.
We left the city and headed northeast.
Recent Examples of northeast from the Web
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The search began a week ago in Macomb County’s Macomb Township, 30 miles northeast of downtown Detroit.
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The search began a week ago in Macomb County's Macomb Township, 30 miles northeast of downtown Detroit.
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DeAngelo, a former police officer, Vietnam veteran and a mechanic, was a reclusive neighbor in Citrus Heights, a town about 16 miles northeast of Sacramento, according to residents.
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The park is off of U.S. 59, about 35 miles northeast of Houston.
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Using earth-moving equipment, as well as shovels and rakes, authorities have spent two days excavating a wooded site about 30 miles northeast of Detroit in the belief that Arthur Ream buried all of his victims in the same general area.
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On September 3rd, 2017, the CTBTO’s network of sensors registered a massive tremor that started about 400 miles northeast of Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital city.
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All three girls, who were born about a year apart, were found around the Helios Clinic in Berlin-Buch, some 15 miles northeast of the capital’s center.
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Joseph James DeAngelo, 72, was arrested at his Citrus Heights home, located 16 miles northeast of Sacramento, on two counts of murder, a law enforcement source told FOX40.
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First Known Use of northeast
before 12th century
Definition of northeast
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: coming from the northeast
- a northeast wind
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: situated toward or at the northeast
- the northeast corner
Examples of northeast in a Sentence
My office is in the northeast corner of the building.
Recent Examples of northeast from the Web
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According to the Texas Lottery Commission a winning Texas Lotto ticket was sold at a convenience store in northeast Houston on Wednesday night.
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The string of crimes began Monday at approximately 5:30 a.m, when police were called to Montgomery Ferry Road in northeast Atlanta.
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The chance for hail, strong winds, and tornadoes is highest in northeast Pennsylvania, the Hudson Valley, and western New England.
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Boko Haram has become notorious for kidnapping young men and women during their nine-year insurgency in northeast Nigeria.
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Deputies were called Sunday evening to a home in northeast Lakeland after an argument turned physical. Seth Bryant, 27, allegedly assaulted his father after demanding more alcohol, a press release said.
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On Monday, a letter opposing development in ANWR from the Gwich'in Steering Committee, representing indigenous Gwich'in people in northeast Alaska and nearby Canada, was also sent to oil and gas companies and banks.
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One man was killed and another man was injured after they were shot while inside a car in northeast Charlotte on Saturday.
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In the Afar Depression — a vast desert in northeast Ethiopia — pastoral tribes survive amid an alien landscape of steaming vents, boiling geysers and even a lake of lava.
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First Known Use of northeast
before 12th century
Definition of northeast
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: the general direction between north and east
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: the point midway between the north and east compass points
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capitalized
: regions or countries lying to the northeast of a specified or implied point of orientation
Examples of northeast in a Sentence
A mountain range is in the northeast of the country.
Parts of the Northeast were hit hard by the storm.
I grew up in the Northeast.
Recent Examples of northeast from the Web
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Storms are expected to develop in northeast Kansas and southeast Nebraska Thursday afternoon.
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And then there’s northeast Asia, specifically the Korean peninsula, where a tumultuous tribal history was going on for 20 centuries — before Christ.
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Porter has hosted the satellite location for Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction since 2010, serving residents in the northeast part of the county.
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In the wake of the disaster, the Japanese government implemented a number of reforms, including relocating coastal villages to higher land and forbidding further development along the northeast coastline.
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However, the design shows that additional seats could be added to the northeast and southeast corners, the south end and the west end of the stadium.
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The statement has been hailed by some diplomats and observers as an important move to establish a good atmosphere for a summit that is expected to be held outside northeast Asia in late May or June.
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The great northeast blackout was caused by a tree branch that contacted a power line back in 2003 and put 50 million Americans in the dark.
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That’s off East 38th Street near North Sherman Drive on the northeast side.
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First Known Use of northeast
before 12th century
NORTHEAST Defined for English Language Learners
northeast
Definition of northeast for English Language Learners
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: located in or toward the northeast
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: coming from the northeast
northeast
Definition of northeast for English Language Learners
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: the direction between north and east
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the northeast : the northeastern part of a country or region; especially : the northeastern part of the U.S.
NORTHEAST Defined for Kids
Definition of northeast for Students
: to or toward the direction between north and east
- We headed northeast.
Definition of northeast for Students
: placed toward, facing, or coming from the northeast
- the northeast part of a state
Definition of northeast for Students
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: the direction between north and east
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capitalized
: regions or countries northeast of a point that is mentioned or understood
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