Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The direction or point on the mariner's compass halfway between due east and northeast, or 67°30′ east of due north.
- adjective To, toward, of, facing, or in the east-northeast.
- adverb In, from, or toward the east-northeast.
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- noun The
compass bearing orcompass point halfway between east and northeast, specifically 67.5°.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the compass point midway between northeast and east
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Examples
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Its center was 800 miles 1,290 kilometers east-northeast of Bermuda.
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Each day we rose just before dawn, ate, packed, and started walking, seeking our way through the maze of game trails that led east-northeast.
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On Sunday night, the National Hurricane Center said Lee's center was about 55 miles (90 kilometers) west-northwest of McComb, Mississippi and moving east-northeast at 7 mph (11 kph).
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Its center was 800 miles 1,290 kilometers east-northeast of Bermuda.
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Each day we rose just before dawn, ate, packed, and started walking, seeking our way through the maze of game trails that led east-northeast.
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On Sunday night, the National Hurricane Center said Lee's center was about 55 miles (90 kilometers) west-northwest of McComb, Mississippi and moving east-northeast at 7 mph (11 kph).
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Early Sunday, Ida was centered about 70 miles (115 kilometers) east-northeast of Cozumel as well as moving northwest during about twelve mph (19 kph).
Tourists in Cancun, Cozumel prepare for Hurricane Ida; but direct ...
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The cathedral was built, as most cathedrals in the German Empire at that time, with two choirs, an east choir for the high altar, and a west choir were the Emperor and his court would assist (remember that the Roman Emperors of the middle ages had no fixed capital, but moved from city to city; actually, Bamberg cathedral is not exactly oriented, thus the east choir is actually east-northeast, and west choir west-southwest).
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Early Sunday, Ida was centered about 70 miles (115 kilometers) east-northeast of Cozumel as well as moving northwest during about twelve mph (19 kph).
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Once we crossed the low divide, I kept us heading east-northeast; we found no trails beneath the endless spreading trees.
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