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.
Recent Examples of southwest from the Web
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Winds on Friday are due to turn southwest, ushering warmer, more humid air into the region.
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The plane was found about 30 miles southwest of Fort Greeley four days after the crash by an Alaska Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopter on a site survey training mission.
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Anchored off the Vendée coast about 53 miles southwest of Nantes, the island of Noirmoutier is connected to the mainland by an ancient causeway called the Passage du Gois.
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Morales recalled last weekend from a migrant shelter in Saltillo, 190 miles southwest of Loredo, Texas, on the U.S. border.
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The wreck drew national attention to the recreation site 80 miles southwest of Kansas City.
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Shark Valley: This area of the park is named because its water flows southwest toward Shark River, is the heartland of the Everglades.
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Alan Scott Johnson was born on Feb. 18, 1937, in Eddystone, Pa., about 18 miles southwest of Philadelphia.
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Red Rocks, 16 miles southwest of downtown Denver, is an American outdoor music venue like no other.
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First Known Use of southwest
before 12th century
Definition of southwest
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: the general direction between south and west
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: the point midway between the south and west compass points
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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.
Recent Examples of southwest from the Web
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Scoop: University of Arizona graduate McKenzie June and her father, Perry, opened Unbaked in a new development called 2nd Street Hub on the southwest corner of Second Street and Scottsdale Road in mid-June.
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The commission on July 9 voted 5-1, with Commissioner Dan Rohaley absent, to deny the 212-lot subdivision planned for the former Fricke farm at the southwest corner of 109th Avenue and Iowa Street.
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The parking structure will be built on the southwest corner of the 35.57-acre Tri-City campus.
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The mural is positioned on the southwest corner of Main and 5th streets.
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The hot-water heater at Tredici, on the southwest corner, was damaged, said Dodge, the restaurant owner.
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Here is the agency's updated account: Multiple officers, including Mikowski, responding to an unrelated call were in a parking lot at the southwest corner of Eagle and Overland roads.
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In the southwest corner of the county, Quirk defeated primary challenger Sheila Ruth, a web developer and activist who ran on a progressive platform.
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The newest addition to the project is Green Street Depot, located at the southwest corner of the development site.
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First Known Use of southwest
12th century
Definition of southwest
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: coming from the southwest
- a southwest wind
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: situated toward or at the southwest
- the southwest corner
Examples of southwest in a Sentence
the southwest corner of the building
Recent Examples of southwest from the Web
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In southwest suburban Chicago Ridge, Ridgeland Avenue will be closed at the intersection with Metra’s SouthWest Service line starting Wednesday and continuing to July 20 while crews replace and resurface the railroad crossing.
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The spicy boiled shrimp and rice dinner is one of many affordable, flavorful dishes recommended by Yelp reviewers at southwest Houston restaurants.
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The Village of Creekside Park spans nearly 3,500 acres on southwest side of The Woodlands near Kuykendahl and Creekside Forest Drive.
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Those projects would connect with a new light rail line along Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta, though the Campbellton line would start as BRT before being converted to rail.
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The aquatic center, to be built on the southwest side of the high school, and a new elementary school at the former Mundell site, were both part of a $41.2 million capital projects referendum approved by voters last November.
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The family barely knew their neighbor in the other upstairs unit of their apartment on Milwaukee's southwest side.
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Steelworkers and hospital staff walked off the job in the southwest city of Ahvaz.
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The original studio was located in southwest Atlanta; in 2016 Mr. Perry completed construction on a facility that sits on more than 300 acres of an old army base near the airport.
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First Known Use of southwest
before 12th century
SOUTHWEST Defined for English Language Learners
southwest
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
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.
Definition of southwest for Students
: placed toward, facing, or coming from the southwest
- southwest winds
Definition of southwest for Students
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: the direction between south and west
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capitalized
: regions or countries southwest of a point that is mentioned or understood
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