southeast
part of speech
noun (the southeast, the South-East); adjective (southeast, southeastern); adverb (southeast); also south-east
meaning for a pupil
1) Southeast is the direction halfway between south and east on a compass. tree →
2) The southeast of a place is the part of it in that direction, as in «the southeast of England». tree →
3) (adjective) Southeast describes things in or from that direction, like a southeast wind, which blows from the southeast. tree →
4) Southeast Asia is the region including countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and maths lessons, pupils use the eight compass points (N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW); southeast is at 135 degrees clockwise from north, written SE. In weather reports, a «southeast wind» comes from the southeast. Phrases: «to the southeast», «south-east of», «Southeast Asia», «the South East».
examples
- The wind is blowing from the southeast. tree →
- Kent is in the southeast of England. tree →
- Turn to face southeast on your compass. tree →
- Our holiday was in Southeast Asia, in Thailand. tree →
- The town lies ten miles south-east of the city. tree →
- On the map, the beach is in the southeast corner. tree →
- Melbourne is in the southeast of Australia. tree →
note
UK style often writes «south-east» with a hyphen; US style «southeast». Abbreviation: SE. In maths, SE is 135° clockwise from north; turning from north to southeast clockwise is three-eighths of a full turn. A «southeast wind» blows from the southeast, not towards it.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «southeast» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.