NORTHWEST


Meaning of NORTHWEST in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

the southeast/northwest etc corner of sth

I was staying in the southwest corner of the island.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

I watched as a rainstorm moved down the Platte River valley from the northwest .

In the cool northwest , shifting demographics have nudged Washington state's 11 votes into the undecided column as well.

Running from Hopo in the northwest to an interchange with Line 1 at Somyon, it has 21 stations.

The deceased were laid on their backs or sides in the flexed position, oriented to the northwest .

The refinery distributes 1.8m tons of fuel a day to keep the northwest on the move.

II. adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

corner

Begin at the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street, site of the earliest film studios.

On the northwest corner of South and Catherine streets, a small mob had formed again.

Water came in overland through large below-surface loading dock doors on the northwest corner of the building.

side

Much of this money is slated to go to the northwest side of town to support new and anticipated development.

Why such a strong desire for self-determination on the far northwest side ?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Begin at the northwest corner of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street, site of the earliest film studios.

But it hardly hides at night, when it appears in the northwest sky.

It was up in our district in the northwest area somewhere.

Much of this money is slated to go to the northwest side of town to support new and anticipated development.

Seger lives outside Detroit in the northwest suburbs in an area known as the Little Lake district.

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