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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So Far The dark blue 1999 Jeep Cherokee Powell and Otteson had been driving was found hidden and obscured by trees on Jan. 11, near Cherry Creek Reservoir, about 14 miles southwest of Eureka, according to authorities.
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The family had been reported missing by their immediate family members early Friday morning to police in Creston, Iowa, which is located about 70 miles southwest of Des Moines.
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The woman was attacked in her neighborhood just southwest of Sedona.
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The explosion was reported just after 8:30 p.m. in a neighborhood just southwest of the Barton Creek Greenbelt and Barton Creek Wilderness Park.
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Orlando Tercero, a 22-year-old fellow nursing student, was brought to a prison in El Chipote, around 40 miles southwest of the country's capital Managua, ABC News reported.
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British authorities say a deadly nerve agent was used to poison former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the city of Salisbury, about 88 miles southwest of London.
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Part of her recuperation that summer was a walking tour around Zennor, the name of both a tiny village and parish (population 207), just southwest of St. Ives, with a nurse, Jean Thomas.
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Prosecutors in Fort Bend County, where the killings occurred at the Whitaker home in Sugar Land, just southwest of Houston, criticized the parole board recommendation.
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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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The first Tredici opened in late 2015 at the southwest corner of 13th and Sansom Streets as a more polished cousin of Dodge’s pizza/wine bar, Zavino, across the street.
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Groundbreaking for the new chemistry tower on the southwest corner of University Avenue and Mills Street is set for early June.
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The two stores occupy 42,000 square feet in the regional shopping center at the southwest corner of Interstate 45 and South Loop 336.
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Kelly Wilkinson/IndyStar Just days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and the U.S. entered World War II, the Indianapolis Service Men’s Canteen was up and running at the southwest corner of a bustling Union Station.
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The $30 million development is planned at the southwest corner of Freedom Drive and Camp Green Street.
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Whittaker also is required by his contract to live in the Burnett House on the southwest corner of campus.
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The stadium, which is yet to be named, will be constructed near Florida’s softball and lacrosse stadiums on the southwest corner of the campus.
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Reports in British and Russian media said Glushkov, who was in his late 60s, was found dead at his home in southwest London.
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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
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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An outbreak of red tide is killing fish off the southwest Florida coast.
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Growing up in a rowhouse in southwest Baltimore, Mr. Bolton had police officers, roofers and waitresses for neighbors, an upbringing that shaped his conservative outlook.
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Temperatures are expected to hit a high near 72 degrees, with southwest winds clocking in at 5 to 15 mph and changing direction to the north in the afternoon.
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Fitts is charged with capital murder in the September 2017 killing of 35-year-old Howard Dewayne Bruce, who died in a hail of gunfire in southwest Birmingham.
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Stepping back from the trees to see the forest, these are some smart people with some deep pockets and some good intentions who are making a big difference on the southwest side of Milwaukee County.
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Just concluded a productive conversation with the southwest border governors on the President’s deployment of @USNationalGuard to the southwest border.
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In southwest Kenya, the crack, accompanied by seismic activity, caused part of a highway to collapse.
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Authorities are urging the public to avoid the area of southwest 8th Street between southwest 108th Avenue and 118th Avenue indefinitely during the investigation.
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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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