adj
Meaning 1
In or toward the northeast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
northeastward
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adv
Meaning 2
Toward the northeast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
toward the northeast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adverb
Meaning 4
in a northeastward direction
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the river flows northeastward to the gulf
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: northeastwardly
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: northeast, nor'-east, NE
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compass point, point
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English northeast Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English northeastward From northeast + -ward.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: északkeleti — towards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- Māori: whaka-te-pāwhakarua — towards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- Māori: ki te rāwhiti-mā-raki — towards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- Māori: ki te marangai-mā-raro — towards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- Māori: ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti — towards the northeast, in the direction of the northeast
- Armenian: հյուսիսարեւելյան (hyusisarewelyan) — towards the northeast
- Dutch: noordoost- — towards the northeast
- Dutch: noordoostelijk — towards the northeast
- Esperanto: nordorienta — towards the northeast
- Georgian: ჩრდილო-აღმოსავლეთით (črdilo-aɣmosavletit) — towards the northeast
- Georgian: ჩრდილოაღმოსავლეთით (črdiloaɣmosavletit) — towards the northeast
- German: nordostwärts — towards the northeast
- German: nach Nordosten — towards the northeast
- Greek: βορειοανατολικός (voreioanatolikós) — towards the northeast
- Hungarian: északkeletre — towards the northeast
- Hungarian: északkelet felé — towards the northeast
- Irish: soir ó thuaidh — towards the northeast
- Macedonian: североисточно (severoistočno) — towards the northeast
- Māori: ki te rāwhiti-mā-raki — towards the northeast
- Māori: ki te marangai-mā-raro — towards the northeast
- Māori: ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti — towards the northeast
- Māori: whaka-te-pāwhakarua — towards the northeast
- Portuguese: nordeste — towards the northeast
- Romanian: nordestic — towards the northeast
- Romanian: de nord-est — towards the northeast
- Russian: се́веро-восто́чный (sévero-vostóčnyj) — towards the northeast
- Spanish: al nordeste — towards the northeast
- Spanish: hacia el nordeste — towards the northeast
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