NORTHEAST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Northeast mean? 

• NORTHEAST (noun)
  The noun NORTHEAST has 4 senses:

1. the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees

2. the northeastern region of the United States

3. the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point

4. a location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city

  Familiarity information: NORTHEAST used as a noun is uncommon.

• NORTHEAST (adjective)
  The adjective NORTHEAST has 2 senses:

1. situated in or oriented toward the northeast

2. coming from the northeast

  Familiarity information: NORTHEAST used as an adjective is rare.

• NORTHEAST (adverb)
  The adverb NORTHEAST has 1 sense:

1. to, toward, or in the northeast

  Familiarity information: NORTHEAST used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTHEAST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

NE; nor'-east; northeast; northeastward

Hypernyms ("northeast" is a kind of...):

compass point; point (any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The northeastern region of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Northeast; northeastern United States

Instance hypernyms:

geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)

Holonyms ("Northeast" is a part of...):

East; eastern United States (the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi River)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("northeast" is a kind of...):

direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("northeast" is a kind of...):

location (a point or extent in space)

• NORTHEAST (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Situated in or oriented toward the northeast

Synonyms:

northeast; northeasterly; northeastern

Context example:

the northeasterly part of the island

Similar:

north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Coming from the northeast

Synonyms:

northeast; northeasterly

Context example:

northeasterly winds

Similar:

north (situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the north)

• NORTHEAST (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

To, toward, or in the northeast

Synonyms:

nor'-east; north-east; northeast

 Context examples 

The mysteries of storm, and rain, and tide were revealed, and the reason for the existence of trade-winds made him wonder whether he had written his article on the northeast trade too soon.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The sun arose in the northeast—at least the day dawned in that quarter, for the sun was hidden by gray clouds.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The four compass directions: northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest, located halfway between the cardinal directions.

(Ordinal Direction, NCI Thesaurus)

The report covered coastal municipalities in the Northeast, Southeast, and South regions of the country.

(Brazil's coastal cities more vulnerable to climate change, Agência Brasil)

Of the total, 2,143 cases were confirmed for microcephaly associated with the Zika virus—78% of them in the Northeast.

(Brazil: Babies of mothers infected with Zika will be monitored for up to 3 years, Agência Brasil)

The first operational dive of Okeanos Explorer’s 2016 season, on February 27, explored depths of over 4,000 meters northeast of Necker Island (Mokumanamana) in the Hawaiian Archipelago.

(Deep Discoverer Discovers a Very Deep, Ghostlike Octopod, NOAA)

But groups to the Northeast would have been able to expand maize production into new areas as their populations grew.

(Scientists chart a baby boom in southwestern Native Americans from 500 to 1300 A.D., NSF)

A country in central Africa, northeast of Angola.

(Congo, the Democratic Republic of the, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in eastern Europe, northeast of Romania.

(Moldova, Republic of, NCI Thesaurus)

A country in Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania.

(Moldova, Republic of, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)