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Northeast   /nˌɔrθˈist/   Listen
Northeast

noun
1.
The compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees.  Synonyms: NE, nor'-east, northeastward.
2.
The northeastern region of the United States.  Synonym: northeastern United States.
3.
The direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point.
4.
A location in the northeastern part of a country, region, or city.
adjective
1.
Situated in or oriented toward the northeast.  Synonyms: northeasterly, northeastern.
2.
Coming from the northeast.  Synonym: northeasterly.
adverb
1.
To, toward, or in the northeast.  Synonyms: nor'-east, north-east.



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"Northeast" Quotes from Famous Books



... camp there some time before. I started for my new station on April 21, and marching by way of Portland and Oregon City, arrived at Hazen's camp April 25. The camp was located in the Coast range of mountains, on the northeast part of the reservation, to which last had been added a section of country that was afterward known as the Siletz reservation. The whole body of land set aside went under the general name of the "Coast reservation," from its skirting the Pacific Ocean ...
— The Memoirs of General Philip H. Sheridan, Vol. I., Part 1 • Philip H. Sheridan
... have reached Liverpool Street from the northeast this morning, and communication cannot be established beyond Chelmsford. Whatever the cause of this singular breakdown may be, our readers will soon know it, for, in order finally to dispel any hint of credence which may be attached in some quarters to the absurd invasion report, we have already ...
— The Message • Alec John Dawson
... There is talk that we are to be removed to New Market. The talk is correct. We leave here at twelve o'clock, and come to Bethlehem church where we stay all night. This church is between nine and ten miles northeast of Harrisonburg on the valley pike leading ...
— Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary - Collated from his Diary by Benjamin Funk • John Kline
... out to sea, sir, or a little bit to the northeast, until we get out in the usual path of the ...
— The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless - The Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise • H. Irving Hancock
... the thermometer no lower than -5 deg. at the start, but with the same gale blowing that had blown ever since we left Candle, though it had shifted towards the northeast, we got away on Monday morning, bound for Nome, ninety miles away, hoping to reach the half-way house that night. Five or six hours' run over good trails, with no greater inconvenience than the acceleration ...
— Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled - A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska • Hudson Stuck


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