Definition of "northeast"

northeast

noun
usually uncountable, plural northeasts
1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between north and east; specifically at a bearing of 45°.
  Quotations
  Chungshe is one of eleven villages in Liuchia township, Tainan county (see Maps 2 and 3). It lies about 30 kilometers northeast of Tainan city.
  1972, Burton Pasternak, Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages‎, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, page 10
  The task of discussing priority concerns for this region is complicated by the fact that there are essentially two rural northeasts.
  1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, and Rural Development, Rural Economic Development: Hearings, page 1604
adjective
not generally comparable, comparative more northeast, superlative most northeast
1. Of, in or pertaining to the northeast; northeastern.
2. Situated toward or in the direction of the northeast; northeastward; northeasterly.
3. Coming from the northeast; northeasterly.
adverb
not generally comparable, comparative more northeast, superlative most northeast
1. Towards or in the direction of the northeast; northeastwards.