northwest

«northwest» in Mova's school dictionary: The direction halfway between north and west — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (the northwest); adjective (northwest wind); adverb (go northwest)

meaning for a pupil

1) The direction halfway between north and west. tree →

2) The part of a country or area that lies in that direction, as in "the Northwest of England". tree →

3) (as adjective) In, from or facing the northwest: a northwest wind blows from the northwest. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and maps northwest is one of the eight compass points (NW), between north and west. It is used in map reading, directions and weather reports. The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic north of Canada. The Pacific Northwest is a region of the USA and Canada. Phrases: to the northwest, in the northwest, north-west of.

examples

• The wind is blowing from the northwest. tree →
• Manchester is in the northwest of England. tree →
• Walk northwest until you reach the river. tree →
• On the map, the castle is northwest of the village. tree →
• Explorers searched for the Northwest Passage for hundreds of years. tree →
• NW on a compass stands for northwest. tree →
• Seattle is in the Pacific Northwest. tree →

note

Written northwest or north-west (UK often uses the hyphen). Short form NW. Capital letter when it names a region (the Northwest). A "northwest wind" comes FROM the northwest, not goes there — a common trap. Opposite direction: southeast. On a compass it is 315 degrees from north.

In the corpora

• On the Pacific Northwest Coast of Canada, chiefs won respect by giving huge gifts at feasts called potlatches.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «northwest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.