Adjective northeast has 2 senses
- northeastern, northeasterly, northeast - situated in or oriented toward the northeast; "the northeasterly part of the island"
Antonym: south (indirect, via north)
- northeasterly, northeast - coming from the northeast; "northeasterly winds"
Antonym: south (indirect, via north)
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Adverbial northeast has 1 sense
- northeast, north-east, nor'-east - to, toward, or in the northeast
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Noun northeast has 2 senses
- northeast, nor'-east, NE - the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
--1 is a kind of compass point, point
- Northeast, northeastern United States - the northeastern region of the United States
--2 is a kind of geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
--2 is a part of East, eastern United States
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