northeastern

adjective north·east·ern \ nȯrth-ˈē-stərn \

Updated on: 10 May 2018

Definition of northeastern

1 often capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of a region conventionally designated Northeast

2 : lying toward or coming from the northeast

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northeasternmost

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Examples of northeastern in a Sentence

the northeastern corner of the state

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Today, trawling is prohibited in 360,000 square miles of the northeastern Atlantic.

— sara miller llana, The Christian Science Monitor, "She wasn’t an environmental expert, but now she has a ‘Green Nobel’," 7 May 2018
Five years ago, a reddit user proposed that traveling overseas from southern Pakistan to northeastern Russia would yield a trip of 32,090.3 kilometers—the longest straight-line journey on Earth.

— katie langin, Science | AAAS, "Top stories: a disgraced surgeon, ancient human voyages, and an antibody-coated bacterium," 4 May 2018
One pipeline will bring natural gas liquids from northeastern Colorado, the heart of the Denver-Julesburg Basin, to Skellytown in North Texas.

— ryan maye handy, Houston Chronicle, "Enterprise Products Partners announces two pipeline expansions," 3 May 2018
Basking sharks are usually solitary species, but scientists have discovered recent aerial images that show swarms of over a thousand sharks gathering along the northeastern U.S., according to National Geographic.

— laura yan, Popular Mechanics, "Why Are Huge Groups of Basking Sharks Gathering Together?," 15 Apr. 2018
Scientists will be looking for newborn stragglers as the whales return to their feeding grounds off the northeastern U.S. this spring.

— Washington Post, "‘Truly alarming’: No babies for endangered right whales," 28 Mar. 2018
Scientists will be looking for newborn stragglers as the whales return to their feeding grounds off the northeastern U.S. this spring.

— CBS News, "Endangered right whales, on brink of extinction, could be facing "beginning of the end"," 27 Mar. 2018
The utility is also looking to increase energy exports to the northeastern U.S. and neighboring Canadian provinces -- with Martel suggesting there’s potential for the company to triple sales to Ontario.

— Bloomberg.com, "Chinese Demand Thwarts Hydro-Quebec Plans to Add Foreign Assets," 1 Mar. 2018
Caihong juji, the fossil of which was first found by a farmer in northeastern China, was roughly the size of a duck and covered in feathers.

— charles p. pierce, Esquire, "The Storm," 19 Jan. 2018

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before 12th century

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: located in or toward the northeast
: of or relating to the northeast

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adjective north·east·ern \ nȯrth-ˈē-stərn \

Definition of northeastern for Students

1 often capitalized : of, relating to, or like that of the Northeast

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2 : lying toward or coming from the northeast

the northeastern corner of the state

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