south-east

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

The city of Che̱ng Tu lies some seven hundred miles to the South-East.

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

...the regional electricity company serving the South-east of England...

The heaviest snowfalls today are expected in the south east.

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

We turned south-east, making for Portoferraio.

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

...the potteries of Iznik, some 120km south-east of Istanbul.

5) ADJ: ADJ n The south-east part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-east.

...South-East Asia.

...the south-east quarter of Lincolnshire.

...an island just off Shetland's south-east coast.

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

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