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southwest

See also: south-west, Southwest, and South West

English

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Southwest.
 
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Etymology

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From Middle English southwest, southewest, from Old English sūþwest and sūþanwestan, equivalent to south +‎ west. Cognate with West Frisian súdwest, Dutch zuidwest, German Südwesten, Danish sydvest, Swedish sydväst.

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Noun

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southwest (plural southwests)

  1. The intercardinal compass point halfway between south and west; specifically at a bearing of 225°.
    Antonym: northeast
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 40:
      So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.

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(compass points)

northwest north northeast
west   east
southwest south southeast


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Adjective

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southwest (not generally comparable, comparative more southwest, superlative most southwest)

  1. Of, in or pertaining to the southwest; southwestern.
  2. Situated toward or in the direction of the southwest; southwestward; southwesterly.
    A southwest course.
  3. Coming from the southwest; southwesterly.
    A southwest wind.

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southwestern — see southwestern
southwestward — see southwestward
southwesterly — see southwesterly

Adverb

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southwest (not generally comparable, comparative more southwest, superlative most southwest)

  1. Towards or in the direction of the southwest; southwestwards.
    We are travelling southwest at the moment.

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southwestward — see southwestward
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