north by northeast

noun

North-northeast, the compass point between north and northeast.

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Meanings

noun
  1. North-northeast, the compass point between north and northeast.

    Next go north by northeast to the nose of a beast.

    1997, Susan Julio, Great Map Mysteries, →ISBN, page 21
    2 more examples

    Ruling out any areas that have been bombed, we have decided to head north by northeast.

    2010, J. L. Bourne, Beyond Exile: Day by Day Armageddon, →ISBN

    And a plane from Wotje saw a submarine 500 miles north by northeast of that island.

    2014, Gordon W. Prange, Donald M. Goldstein, Katherine V. Dillon, Miracle at Midway, →ISBN
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APA

north by northeast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/north%20by%20northeast

MLA

“north by northeast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/north%20by%20northeast. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “north by northeast,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/north%20by%20northeast.

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