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southwest
[south-west, sou-west]
noun
the point or direction midway between south and west. SW
a region in this direction.
the Southwest, the southwest region of the United States.
adjective
lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the southwest.
coming from the southwest, as a wind.
adverb
in the direction midway between south and west.
southwest
1/ ˌsaʊˈwɛst, ˌʊθˈɛ /
noun
the point of the compass or the direction midway between west and south, 225° clockwise from north
any area lying in or towards this direction
adjective
(sometimes capital) of or denoting the southwestern part of a specified country, area, etc
southwest Italy
situated in or towards the southwest
(esp of the wind) from the southwest
adverb
in, to, towards, or (esp of the wind) from the southwest
Southwest
2/ ˌʊθˈɛ /
noun
the southwestern part of Britain, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
Other 51Թ Forms
- southwesternmost adjective
- southwestern adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of southwest1
Example Sentences
Bliss State Park in southwest Lake Tahoe when a powerful thunderstorm rolled in Saturday afternoon, rapidly worsening conditions on the lake.
Bliss State Park, in southwest Lake Tahoe, where someone had seen 10 people in the water after a boat capsized.
The workers – all undocumented migrants – were found during the 2023 September harvest living in cramped and unhygienic conditions in a building at Nesle-le-Repons, southwest of Reims in the heart of champagne country.
In the southwest corner, an aesthete’s low wooden fence matches the stain of twin soil beds enclosed within it.
About 16 miles to the southwest, firefighters had contained the Maria fire by Monday evening, also along the river bottom, south of Santa Paula.
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