The southeast is the direction which is halfway between south and east.
It shook buildings as far away as Galveston, 90 miles to the southeast.
2. singular noun
Thesoutheastof a place, country, or region is the part which is in the southeast.
Record levels of rainfall fell over the southeast of the country.
3. adverb [ADV after v]
If you go southeast, you travel toward the southeast.
I know we have to go southeast, more or less.
4. adverb [ADVof n]
Something that is southeast of a place is positioned to the south-east of it.
...a vessel that is believed to have sunk 500 miles southeast of Nova Scotia.
5. adjective [ADJ n]
The southeast part of a place, country, or region is the part which is toward the southeast.
...rural southeast Kansas.
...Southeast Asia.
6. adjective [ADJ n]
A southeast wind is a wind that blows from the southeast.
Thick clothes keeping the chill southeast wind from freezing his bones.
southeast in British English
(ˌsaʊθˈiːst, nautical ˌsaʊˈiːst)
noun
1.
the point of the compass or the direction midway between south and east, 135° clockwise from north
2. (often capital; usually preceded bythe)
any area lying in or towards this direction
adjective also: southeastern
3. (sometimes capital)
of or denoting the southeastern part of a specified country, area, etc
4.
situated in, proceeding towards, or facing the southeast
5.
(esp of the wind) from the southeast
adverb
6.
in, to, towards, or (esp of the wind) from the southeast
Symbol: SE
Derived forms
southeasternmost (ˌsouthˈeasternmost)
adjective
Southeast in British English
(ˌsaʊθˈiːst)
noun
the Southeast
southeast in American English
(ˌsaʊθˈist; Nautical ˌ saʊist)
noun
1.
the direction, or the point on a mariner's compass, halfway between south and east; 45° east of due south
2.
a district or region in or toward this direction
adjective
3.
in, of, to, toward, or facing the southeast
4.
from the southeast
a southeast wind
adverb
5.
in or toward the southeast
Idioms:
the Southeast
Examples of 'southeast' in a sentence
southeast
Tomorrow looks similar and we should lose the bitter wind in the southeast.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This is one of the last great gaps of open country on the southeast coast.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Somehow prosperity must spread outside the southeast as part of a rebalancing.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
High pressure in the east and low pressure in the west drew south to southeast winds this week.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They are all period properties in affluent areas of southeast England.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The southeast region provides 15.1 billion more in tax than it gets back in public spending.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It will feel cool with a northeast wind and rain along some southeast and eastern English counties.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Outside the capital, the southeast has seen some of the biggest increases in apartment prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The fighting is taking place in one of the remotest regions of southeast Asia.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The snow should die away in the southeast today and it will turn drier, although still chilly.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Turkey deployed troops in cities across the southeast of the country yesterday to quell the deadliest riots it has witnessed in more than a decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
All were from southeast London.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The British southeast area of responsibility will be confined to Basra.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The country 's Kurdish southeast has been gripped by a conflict that has killed hundreds more.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Sicily The crowds have gone and it's still sunbathing weather on the east and southeast coasts.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That said, it is cheap compared with parts of southeast England.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
If the capital and the southeast are excluded, the rise was 7.8 per cent.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This autumn will see prices in the southwest, the southeast and eastern England rising more than in the capital.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I check the map: it's three miles southeast.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Time inevitably ticks by, but finally I set off southeast for the city.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
southeast
British English: southeast /ˌsaʊθˈiːst; ˌsaʊˈiːst/ NOUN
The southeast is the direction which is halfway between south and east.
The city of Ch'eng Tu lies some seven hundred miles to the southeast.
American English: southeast
Arabic: جَنُوبُ شَرْقِيٌّ
Brazilian Portuguese: sudeste
Chinese: 东南
Croatian: jugoistok
Czech: jihovýchod
Danish: sydøst
Dutch: zuidoosten
European Spanish: sudeste
Finnish: kaakko
French: sud-est
German: Südosten
Greek: νοτιοανατολικά
Italian: sud-est
Japanese: 南東
Korean: 남동쪽
Norwegian: sørøst
Polish: południowo-wschodni
European Portuguese: sudeste
Romanian: sud-est
Russian: юго-восток
Latin American Spanish: sudeste
Swedish: sydost
Thai: ตะวันออกเฉียงใต้
Turkish: güneydoğu
Ukrainian: південний схід
Vietnamese: hướng đông nam
British English: southeast ADJECTIVE
The south-east part of a place, country, or region is the part which is towards the south-east.
...the rural southeast region.
American English: southeast
Brazilian Portuguese: sudeste
Chinese: 东南部的
European Spanish: sureste
French: du sud-est
German: Südost-
Italian: sudorientale
Japanese: 南東の
Korean: 남동부의
European Portuguese: sudeste
Latin American Spanish: sureste
All related terms of 'southeast'
Association of South-East Asian Nations
an organization composed of ten countries in South-East Asia, formed in 1967 to promote economic growth , social and cultural development, and regional stability
south-east
The south-east is the direction which is halfway between south and east.
the Southeast
the southeastern part of Britain , esp the London area
east-southeast
the point on the compass or the direction midway between east and southeast , 112° 30′ clockwise from north
Southeast Asia
a region including Brunei , Cambodia , Indonesia, Laos , Malaysia, Myanmar , the Philippines, Thailand , and Vietnam
Southeast Asian
of or relating to Southeast Asia or its inhabitants
south-southeast
the point on the compass or the direction midway between southeast and south; 157° 30′ clockwise from north
southeast by east
one point on the compass north of southeast ; 123° 45′ clockwise from north
southeast by south
one point on the compass south of southeast ; 146° 15′ clockwise from north