southeast English · revision 7398

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=before 1100}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌsaʊθˈiːst/, /ˌsaʊˈiːst/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English south-est, from Old English [[m|ang|sūþēast]], from [[south]] and [[east]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Toward or from the southeast, as an adverb: Old English in Etymonline, before the 12th century in MWU.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a noun, the direction or region to the south and east, it is from about 1300,^(Etymonline) and as an adjective, lying toward the southeast, from the late 14th century.^(Etymonline) Johnson (1755) records it.^(Johnson 1755) A ''southeaster'', a wind or gale from the southeast, is by 1797.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Old English – the adverb.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1300 – the noun.^(Etymonline)

+ * late 14th century – the adjective.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1797 – southeaster.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The direction or point of the compass halfway between [[south]] and [[east]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(the Southeast)'' The southeastern part of a country or region.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # In, toward or facing the southeast; of a wind, blowing from the southeast.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Adverb===

+ # Toward the southeast.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[southeastern]]

+ * [[southeaster]]

+ * [[southwesterly]]

+ * [[southwestern]]

+ * [[south-southwest]]

+ * [[west-southwest]]

+ * [[southwest by west]]

+ * [[southwest by south]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[south]]

+ * [[east]]

+ * [[southwest]]

+ * [[northeast]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}