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