What part of speech is southeast?

Southeast can be categorized as a noun, an adjective and an adverb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. southeast is a noun, singular of southeasts.
  • 2. southeast is an adjective.
  • 3. southeast is an adverb.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more southeast
    most southeast
  • Positive: southeast 
  • Comparative: more southeast
  • Superlative: most southeast

What does southeast mean?

Definitions

Adjective

southeast - situated in or oriented toward the southeast
southeast - coming from the southeast; "southeasterly breezes"

Adverb

southeast - to, toward, or in the southeast

Noun

Southeast - the southeastern region of the United States
southeast - a location in the southeastern part of a country, region, or city
southeast - the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point

Examples of southeast

#   Sentence  
1. noun The southeast is the driest, enjoying a more continental climate.
2. noun I was recently traveling down I-24 from Nashville with my 3 young children and had a blowout on the southeast side of Murfreesboro.
3. noun Deal is in the southeast of England, about 110 kilometers away from London.
4. noun Alberta Clipper is a fast-moving low pressure system that occurs during the winter and sweeps southeast from Alberta, Canada, across the northern Great Plains and Midwest of the United States. These storms usually bring a few inches of snow.
5. noun There are twelve counterinsurgents just southeast of the village.
6. noun Trade winds are winds that blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
7. noun New Zealand is a grouping of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia. It has a population of 4.5 million people.
8. noun Outbreaks of rain and hill snow will spread southeast across the Midlands during the morning.
9. adj. The most important thing now is to launch direct dialogue, genuine, full-fledged dialogue between today's Kiev authorities and representatives of southeast Ukraine.
Sentence  
noun
The southeast is the driest, enjoying a more continental climate.
I was recently traveling down I-24 from Nashville with my 3 young children and had a blowout on the southeast side of Murfreesboro.
Deal is in the southeast of England, about 110 kilometers away from London.
Alberta Clipper is a fast-moving low pressure system that occurs during the winter and sweeps southeast from Alberta, Canada, across the northern Great Plains and Midwest of the United States. These storms usually bring a few inches of snow.
There are twelve counterinsurgents just southeast of the village.
Trade winds are winds that blow predominantly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern Hemisphere.
New Zealand is a grouping of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia. It has a population of 4.5 million people.
Outbreaks of rain and hill snow will spread southeast across the Midlands during the morning.
adj.
The most important thing now is to launch direct dialogue, genuine, full-fledged dialogue between today's Kiev authorities and representatives of southeast Ukraine.

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