north-east

north-east
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also North-East
1) N-UNCOUNT: also the N The north-east is the direction which is halfway between north and east.

The land to the north-east fell away into meadows.

2) N-SING: the N, oft N of n The north-east of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the north-east.

The north-east, with 60 million people, is the most densely populated part of the United States...

They're all from Newcastle in the North East of England.

3) ADV: ADV after v If you go north-east, you travel towards the north-east.

The streets were jammed with slow moving traffic, army convoys moving north-east.

4) ADV: ADV of n Something that is north-east of a place is positioned to the north-east of it.

This latest attack was at Careysburg, twenty miles north-east of the capital, Monrovia.

5) ADJ: ADJ n The north-east edge, corner, or part of a place is the part which is towards the north-east.

These islands of the north-east coast can only be reached in small boats.

...Waltham Abbey on the north-east outskirts of London.

Syn:
6) ADJ: ADJ n A north-east wind is a wind that blows from the north-east.

By 9.15 a bitter north-east wind was blowing.


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