se

«se» in Mova's school dictionary: SE stands for south-east, the direction halfway between… — 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

abbreviation (SE, se); French word (se); Spanish word (se)

meaning for a pupil

1) (abbreviation) SE stands for south-east, the direction halfway between south and east. tree →

2) (abbreviation, UK) SE is the start of postcodes in south-east London, as in SE1. tree →

3) (French) se is a small word meaning himself, herself, itself or themselves, used with some verbs, as in il se lave (he washes himself). It sounds like suh. tree →

4) (Spanish) se is a similar small word in Spanish. It is not an English word. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and maths lessons on compass points, SE is one of the eight main directions: N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW. In French lessons, se appears in reflexive verbs like se laver (to wash oneself) and s'appeler (to be called). In maps and weather, winds can come from the SE.

examples

• The wind is blowing from the SE. tree →
• Walk SE across the field to reach the stile. tree →
• SE is halfway between south and east. tree →
• Our cousins live in London SE15. tree →
• Il se lave, means he washes himself. (French) tree →
• On the compass, SE is at 135 degrees. tree →

note

As a compass direction write SE in capitals; south-east (UK) or southeast (US) in full. In French se becomes s' before a vowel: il s'appelle. Not an English word on its own.

In the corpora

• Un souvenir is a keepsake, but in French it also means any memory; se souvenir means to remember.

Trees and pragmatics

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