1
: coming from the northeast
a northeast wind
2
: situated toward or at the northeast
the northeast corner
1
a
: the general direction between north and east
b
: the point midway between the north and east compass points
2
capitalized
: regions or countries lying to the northeast of a specified or implied point of orientation
Examples of northeast in a Sentence
Adverb
It's a few miles northeast of here.
We left the city and headed northeast.
Adjective
My office is in the northeast corner of the building.
Noun
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 on the Web
Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
Central Indiana is particularly at risk for large hail Sunday, especially along the I-70 corridor just northeast of Terre Haute, said Andrew White, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Mar. 2024
The eclipse will carve a path straight through Texas before heading northeast through the rest of the country, including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
—Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
The man’s death occurred at the Northwest Lineman College campus in Oroville, just northeast of Oroville Municipal Airport.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Tuesday's highs range from near 60 northeast to the upper 60s southwest.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2024
Nex, 16, got into a fight with other students at the Owasso High School West Campus, northeast of Tulsa, on Feb. 7.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Another system will be moving northeast from the southwest into the weekend, bringing another opportunity for precipitation in Milwaukee, Sheppard said.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
About 36 miles northeast of St.Petersburg is Brandon, which comes in eight.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Meteorologists expect 1-2 feet of snow to over New England, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and northeast New York, according to the National Weather Service.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
When a 53-foot fish tanker truck crashed and rolled upside down on an embankment next to a creek in northeast Oregon, its driver suffered only minor injuries.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
Breaux’s senate district includes portions of northeast Indianapolis.
—The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
The weather service has issued a wind advisory for northern and northeast Missouri until 7 p.m. Wednesday.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Tensions between both countries flared up last fall after Haitians began constructing a canal along the Massacre River in northeast Haiti on the border.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Reser said the site also tries to dispel the myth that Menominee territory only included its current 235,000-acre reservation in northeast Wisconsin.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
Bachir Khodr, the regional governor of Baalbek, in northeast Lebanon, where the strike took place, said three people were wounded.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
Mark Jenkins, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
Most of the rain is done by early afternoon, but some showers could linger past that, especially east and northeast.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Surrounded by the savannahs of Botswana’s northeast, the pancake-flat Makgadikgadi Basin is one of the largest salt pans in the world.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
The south, which has long been far-right territory, went to Marine Le Pen, as did large swaths of the postindustrial northeast, a region that was once the breeding ground of the French Communist Party.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
The path of totality − a 124-mile wide band − will cross Ohio from southwest to northeast.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2024
The crash happened south of I-15 near Halloran Springs Road, about 75 miles (120 km) northeast of Barstow, according to Michael Graham of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash.
—Adam Beam, Chinedu Asadu and Stefanie Dazio, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
A little under an hour northeast, off I-69 in Anderson, is Mounds State Park, home to 10 earthworks built by prehistoric Native Americans known as the Adena-Hopewell people.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
Russia stepped up its attacks across Ukraine's northeast late last year, pushing to encircle the key city of Avdiivka.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
Adverb
This will be an addition to routes for Thursdays and Sundays beginning in early May at the airport in Cabarrus County, just northeast of Charlotte.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2024
Central Indiana is particularly at risk for large hail Sunday, especially along the I-70 corridor just northeast of Terre Haute, said Andrew White, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Indianapolis.
—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Mar. 2024
The eclipse will carve a path straight through Texas before heading northeast through the rest of the country, including Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
—Amy Huschka, Detroit Free Press, 28 Mar. 2024
The man’s death occurred at the Northwest Lineman College campus in Oroville, just northeast of Oroville Municipal Airport.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
Tuesday's highs range from near 60 northeast to the upper 60s southwest.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2024
Nex, 16, got into a fight with other students at the Owasso High School West Campus, northeast of Tulsa, on Feb. 7.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Another system will be moving northeast from the southwest into the weekend, bringing another opportunity for precipitation in Milwaukee, Sheppard said.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
About 36 miles northeast of St.Petersburg is Brandon, which comes in eight.
—Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2024
Adjective
The system will produce heavy, wet snow over north-central New England and northeast New York and pass through Maine on Thursday, the National Weather Service Prediction Center forecast.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 4 Apr. 2024
Meteorologists expect 1-2 feet of snow to over New England, especially in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and northeast New York, according to the National Weather Service.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
When a 53-foot fish tanker truck crashed and rolled upside down on an embankment next to a creek in northeast Oregon, its driver suffered only minor injuries.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
Breaux’s senate district includes portions of northeast Indianapolis.
—The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
The weather service has issued a wind advisory for northern and northeast Missouri until 7 p.m. Wednesday.
—Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Tensions between both countries flared up last fall after Haitians began constructing a canal along the Massacre River in northeast Haiti on the border.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Reser said the site also tries to dispel the myth that Menominee territory only included its current 235,000-acre reservation in northeast Wisconsin.
—Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024
Bachir Khodr, the regional governor of Baalbek, in northeast Lebanon, where the strike took place, said three people were wounded.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
Noun
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
Most of the rain is done by early afternoon, but some showers could linger past that, especially east and northeast.
—Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Surrounded by the savannahs of Botswana’s northeast, the pancake-flat Makgadikgadi Basin is one of the largest salt pans in the world.
—Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 15 Mar. 2024
The south, which has long been far-right territory, went to Marine Le Pen, as did large swaths of the postindustrial northeast, a region that was once the breeding ground of the French Communist Party.
—Elisabeth Zerofsky, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2024
The path of totality − a 124-mile wide band − will cross Ohio from southwest to northeast.
—Laura A. Bischoff, The Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2024
The crash happened south of I-15 near Halloran Springs Road, about 75 miles (120 km) northeast of Barstow, according to Michael Graham of the National Transportation Safety Board, which is investigating the crash.
—Adam Beam, Chinedu Asadu and Stefanie Dazio, Quartz, 11 Feb. 2024
A little under an hour northeast, off I-69 in Anderson, is Mounds State Park, home to 10 earthworks built by prehistoric Native Americans known as the Adena-Hopewell people.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
Russia stepped up its attacks across Ukraine's northeast late last year, pushing to encircle the key city of Avdiivka.
—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2024
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northeast
1 of 3 adverb
north·east
nȯr-ˈthēst 
nautical
nȯ-ˈrēst
: to or toward the northeast
northeast
2 of 3 noun1
: the direction between north and east
2
capitalized
: regions or countries northeast of a point that is mentioned or understood
northeast
3 of 3 adjective1
: placed or lying toward or at the northeast
the northeast corner
2
: coming from the northeast
a northeast wind
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