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southwest

south·west
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [south-west; Nautical sou-west]
    • /ˌsaʊθˈwɛst; Nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛst/
    • /ˌsaʊθˈwest/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [south-west; Nautical sou-west]
    • /ˌsaʊθˈwɛst; Nautical ˌsaʊˈwɛst/

Definitions of southwest word

  • noun southwest the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW. 1
  • noun southwest a region in this direction. 1
  • noun southwest the Southwest, the southwest region of the United States. 1
  • adjective southwest lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the southwest. 1
  • adjective southwest coming from the southwest, as a wind. 1
  • adverb southwest in the direction midway between south and west. 1
See all 28 definitions of southwest

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Origin of southwest

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English sūthwest. See south, west

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Parts of speech for Southwest

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Southwest

southwest popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

southwest usage trend in Literature

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Related words

  • monsoon

    the seasonal wind of the Indian Ocean and southern Asia, blowing from the southwest in summer and from the northeast in winter.

  • southwest by south

    a point on the compass 11°15′ south of southwest. Abbreviation: SWbS.

  • southwest by west

    a point on the compass 11°15′ west of southwest. Abbreviation: SWbW.

  • african plate

    a major tectonic division of the earth's crust, comprising the African continent as well as adjacent ocean basins (the Canary, Cape Verde, Angola, Cape Agulhas, Somali, Madagascar, and Natal Basins), and bounded on the north by the Eurasian and Arabian Plates, on the east by mid-ocean ridges (the Southwest Indian, Mid-Indian, and Carlsberg Ridges), on the south by the Antarctic Plate, and on the west by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

  • arroyo

    An arroyo is a dry stream bed with steep sides.

  • brahminy kite

    a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
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