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east-southeast

[ eest-south-eest; Nautical eest-sou-eest ]

noun

  1. the point on a compass midway between east and southeast.

adjective

  1. coming from this point:

    an east-southeast wind.

  2. directed toward this point:

    an east-southeast course.

adverb

  1. toward this point: : ESE

    sailing east-southeast.

east-southeast

noun

  1. the point on the compass or the direction midway between east and southeast, 112° 30′ clockwise from north
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. in, from, or towards this direction
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Example Sentences

A village 21 kilometers east-southeast of Quiroga; mesquite-grassland and scrubby oak forest.

A small village 23 kilometers east-southeast of Cuatro Caminos; arid tropical scrub forest.

Long Island stretches into the sea for the most part east by south and east-southeast.

Our course until noon was east-southeast; the latitude was 59°; the distance 104 miles.

The wind east-southeast, and we therefore sailed along the shore past Orfordness into the sea.

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