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southwest

[ south-west; Nautical sou-west ]

noun

  1. the point or direction midway between south and west. : SW
  2. a region in this direction.
  3. the Southwest, the southwest region of the United States.


adjective

  1. lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the southwest.
  2. coming from the southwest, as a wind.

adverb

  1. in the direction midway between south and west.

Southwest

1

/ ˌʊθˈɛ /

noun

  1. the Southwest
    the southwestern part of Britain, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
“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

southwest

2

/ ˌsaʊˈwɛst; ˌʊθˈɛ /

noun

  1. the point of the compass or the direction midway between west and south, 225° clockwise from north
  2. often capusually preceded bythe any area lying in 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

adjective

  1. sometimes capital of or denoting the southwestern part of a specified country, area, etc

    southwest Italy

  2. situated in or towards the southwest
  3. (esp of the wind) from the southwest
“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

adverb

  1. in, to, towards, or (esp of the wind) from the southwest
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˌdzܳٳˈɱٱԳDz, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • dzܳٳwİ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of southwest1

before 900; Middle English; Old English ūٳɱ. See south, west
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Greenland’s social environment is also different from Denmark’s — its Indigenous population, which has its own social mores, is larger as a proportion of the population, and residents are concentrated in the giant island’s southwest.

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The couple were on their way to the airport from their home in Fulham, southwest London when one of their tyres was punctured on the M25.

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He has long predicted an incredibly large 10.3 quake would strike southwest Alaska or islands off the coast of New Zealand, a magnitude so strong he said it could disrupt global trade.

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His Canadian firm New Protein International is currently constructing Canada's first soy protein manufacturing plant in southwest Ontario, just miles from the US border.

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The BBC has asked one current McDonald's employee, who works for a franchise restaurant in southwest Scotland, for his reaction to the letter.

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