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Southeast

The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.

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South 84% connected

That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who f…

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South 84% connected

That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to the north; the region or direction to the right or direction to the right of a person who f…

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Direction 76% connected

The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public…

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Location 76% connected

The act or process of locating.

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Point 76% connected

To appoint.

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Southeastern 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the southeast; southeasterly.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Southeastward 92% connected

Alt. of Southeastwardly

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Antarctic adjective · 78% connection

Opposite to the northern or arctic pole; relating to the southern pole or to the region near it, and applied especially to a circle, d…

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Bearing noun · 78% connection

The situation of a distant object, with regard to a ship's position, as on the bow, on the lee quarter, etc.; the direction or point o…

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Card noun · 78% connection

A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

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Center noun · 78% connection

A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middl…

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Circle noun · 78% connection

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it…

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Circumferentor noun · 78% connection

A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays o…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: point, compass, equally, distant, south.
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Coextension noun · 78% connection

The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.

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Country adverb · 78% connection

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronou…

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East adjective · 78% connection

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

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Equator noun · 78% connection

The imaginary great circle on the earth's surface, everywhere equally distant from the two poles, and dividing the earth's surface int…

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Equivocal adjective · 78% connection

(Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretat…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: point, compass, equally, distant, south.
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Fly verb · 78% connection

That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

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Halfway adjective · 78% connection

Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: point, compass, equally, distant, south.
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Inequidistant adjective · 78% connection

Not equally distant; not equidistant.

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Level noun · 78% connection

A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel…

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Middle adjective · 78% connection

The point or part equally distant from the extremities or exterior limits, as of a line, a surface, or a solid; an intervening point o…

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Middling adjective · 78% connection

Of middle rank, state, size, or quality; about equally distant from the extremes; medium; moderate; mediocre; ordinary.

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North noun · 78% connection

That one of the four cardinal points of the compass, at any place, which lies in the direction of the true meridian, and to the left h…

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