southeasts
Saysowth-EESTSUS/ˌsaʊθˈists/UK/ˌsaʊθˈiːsts/
- 1Plural of southeast.
Note
Only the noun can take this ending. A single compass point, fixed at a bearing of 135°, rarely needs counting, so the plural appears when several readings of that point are set side by side: on rival charts, on older instruments, on different maps. The adjective and adverb uses (a southeast wind, sailing southeast) never take -s. Write southeast winds, not southeasts winds.
southeasts is a form of southeast
southeast, noun: The intercardinal point of the compass midway between south and east, at a bearing of precisely 135°. Full entry
- Forms
- southeastsoutheasts plural
- Spelling
- southeast → southeasts: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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