1
a
: the general direction between south and east
b
: the point midway between the south and east compass points
2
capitalized
: regions or countries lying to the southeast of a specified or implied point of orientation
1
: coming from the southeast
a southeast wind
2
: situated toward or at the southeast
the southeast corner
Examples of southeast in a Sentence
Adverb
It's a few miles southeast of here.
Noun
A mountain range is in the southeast of the country.
Rain is moving into the Southeast.
He grew up in the Southeast.
Adjective
My office is in the southeast corner of the building.
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Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Social media video geolocated by CNN to seven kilometers southeast of the Belaya Air Base in Russia’s eastern Irkutsk region, appears to show a drone flying out of a wooden shed loaded onto a truck as smoke rises in the background.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Smoky conditions that have reached the U.S. periodically in recent weeks extended as far east Tuesday as Michigan, west into the Dakotas and Nebraska, and as far to the southeast as Georgia.
—Steve Karnowski, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
Ping-pong-ball-size hail and winds near 70 mph are possible in southeast Colorado as the storm moves across the state, forecasters with the NWS Pueblo office said.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 2 June 2025
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Adverb
Wisconsin officials made similar suggestions as the smoke drifted southeast across the state.
—Patrick Whittle, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
Social media video geolocated by CNN to seven kilometers southeast of the Belaya Air Base in Russia’s eastern Irkutsk region, appears to show a drone flying out of a wooden shed loaded onto a truck as smoke rises in the background.
—Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 2 June 2025
Noun
Chełm is a roughly 150-mile drive southeast from Warsaw and near the border with Ukraine and Belarus.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
Smoky conditions that have reached the U.S. periodically in recent weeks extended as far east Tuesday as Michigan, west into the Dakotas and Nebraska, and as far to the southeast as Georgia.
—Steve Karnowski, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
Adjective
While many businesses are shifting manufacturing to southeast Asian countries like Vietnam and Malaysia, Carr looked a bit closer to home: the Dominican Republic.
—Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 4 June 2025
Ping-pong-ball-size hail and winds near 70 mph are possible in southeast Colorado as the storm moves across the state, forecasters with the NWS Pueblo office said.
—Katie Langford, Denver Post, 2 June 2025
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“Southeast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southeast. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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southeast
1 of 3 adverb
south·east
sau̇-ˈthēst 
nautical sau̇-ˈēst
: to or toward the southeast
southeast
2 of 3 noun1
: the direction between south and east
2
capitalized
: regions or countries southeast of a point that is mentioned or understood
southeast
3 of 3 adjective1
: situated toward or at the southeast
the southeast corner
2
: coming from the southeast
a southeast wind
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