Definition of southwest
:to, toward, or in the southwest
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Examples of southwest in a Sentence
It's about 80 miles southwest of here.
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Darrell Clingman and his 11-year old twins, Tyler and Haley, came to Lakewood Church after an Army vehicle evacuated them from his neighbor's home in Riverstone, about 25 miles southwest of downtown Houston.
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The storm that quickly formed over the Gulf of Mexico Sunday was located about 35 miles southwest of Tampa, with sustained winds of 45 mph, National Hurricane Center forecasters said in their 11 a.m. advisory.
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Year after year, from Florida to Michigan, bikers make the journey to Sturgis, Kentucky, about 160 miles southwest of Louisville.
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Twichell bounced back after finishing 10th in the 10-kilometer race on Lake Balaton, about 80 miles southwest of Budapest.
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What's more, no video captured the incident, although dozens of video cameras are stationed around the sprawling facility about 100 miles southwest of Chicago, according to prison documents.
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Raheel Siddiqui was born and raised about 20 miles southwest of Detroit, in the vast suburban-industrial wasteland known as Downriver.
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The uptick in lakeside real estate is also being felt at Lake Granbury, 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth.
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Meanwhile, about 50 miles southwest of Wenatchee, a level-three evacuation was issued for about 10 homes near Yakima, said Lonnie Click, the incident manager of the South Wenas Fire.
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First Known Use of southwest
before 12th century
Definition of southwest
1 a
:the general direction between south and west
b
:the point midway between the south and west compass points
2
capitalized
:regions or countries lying to the southwest of a specified or implied point of orientation;
especially
:the southwestern part of the U.S.
Examples of southwest in a Sentence
A mountain range is in the southwest of the country.
These plants grow in the Southwest.
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Chris Stephens said his alligator relocation company, Gator Squad, has gotten more calls from neighborhoods in Fort Bend County, southwest of Houston, where alligators aren't so common.
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Police are investigating a double shooting reported just two blocks southwest of a Kansas City Police Department patrol campus.
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Friday afternoon, a tropical wave that soaked South Florida for much of the week was located southwest of Lake Okechobee and expected to head to the northeast and leave the state this weekend near Central Florida.
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The two were apprehended a few hours after robbing the Bank of America branch in Cherry Creek Plaza, southwest of 183rd Street and Governors Highway.
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Tommy Nevin's Pub opened 10 years ago at 3032 English Rows Ave., southwest of 103rd Street and Route 59.
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Recently that involved growing coffee in Yunnan Province — which lies in China’s southwest and abuts Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam — and creating a new high-end Arabica coffee and hundreds of jobs in the process.
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The city, situated in a valley in the country’s southwest, regularly records levels above European Union regulations.
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A July 23 video from the People’s Daily, China confirmed there are people whose jobs at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China’s Sichuan Province are to dress up in panda suits and cuddle pandas.
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First Known Use of southwest
12th century
Definition of southwest
1
:coming from the southwest
- a southwest wind
2
:situated toward or at the southwest
- the southwest corner
Examples of southwest in a Sentence
the southwest corner of the building
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About 500 people were evacuated in southwest Louisiana’s most populous parish early Tuesday, as a heavy band of rain pushed waterways out of their banks, Calcasieu Parish spokesman Tom Hoefer said.
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About 500 people were evacuated in southwest Louisiana’s most populous parish early Tuesday, as a heavy band of rain pushed waterways out of their banks, Calcasieu Parish spokesman Tom Hoefer said.
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A tropical storm warning is in effect from east of High Island to Grand Isle, La. Harvey could still wring out 3-6 inches of rain from southwest Louisiana into western Kentucky through Friday.
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After his grandfather's funeral at a Catholic church in Dayton, Ohio, Gunn drove 156 miles southwest to seek respite at The Healing Place in downtown Louisville.
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Chefs from southwest Riverside County and beyond will don their toques blanche (the iconic tall, white hats). and prepare to duel for the hearts and the taste buds of attendees and celebrity judges.
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A third Tommy Nevin's Pub in southwest suburban Frankfort closed about two years ago.
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After that meeting, the two sides announced a cease-fire in southwest Syria, near the border with Jordan.
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After their G20 meeting, Trump and Putin announced that the U.S., Russia, Israel, and Jordan had brokered a ceasefire in southwest Syria, which took effect last Sunday.
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First Known Use of southwest
before 12th century
SOUTHWEST Defined for English Language Learners
southwest
play
adverb
Definition of southwest for English Language Learners
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: to or toward the southwest
southwest
noun
Definition of southwest for English Language Learners
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: the direction between south and west
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: the southwestern part of a country or region; especially : the southwestern part of the U.S.
southwest
adjective
Definition of southwest for English Language Learners
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: located in the southwest
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: blowing from the southwest
SOUTHWEST Defined for Kids
Definition of southwest for Students
:to or toward the direction between south and west
- The town is southwest of here.
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