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# southwest

«southwest» in Mova's school dictionary: **the direction halfway between south and west** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (the southwest); adjective (southwest, southwestern); adverb (southwest); also south-west

### meaning for a pupil

1) Southwest is the direction halfway between south and west. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#m1)

2) The southwest of a country is the part in that direction, like the Southwest of the USA or the South West of England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and maps, southwest is one of the eight main compass points, written SW. On a compass it is halfway between S and W, 225 degrees from north. Wind is named for where it comes from: a southwest wind blows from the southwest. Phrases: «in the southwest», «to the southwest», «south-west of».

### examples

- The wind is blowing from the southwest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#x1)
- Cornwall is in the south-west of England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#x2)
- Arizona is in the American Southwest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#x3)
- Walk southwest until you reach the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#x4)
- On the map, the lake is southwest of the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#x5)
- Southwest is written SW on a compass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#x6)
- The southwest corner of the park has a playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#x7)
- The birds flew southwest for the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#x8)
- A young moon, like a bright bent bow, climbed up from the southwest horizon a little way into the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/#x9)

### note

Spelled as one word (southwest, mostly US) or with a hyphen (south-west, often UK). Capitalised when it names a region (the Southwest). In maths and maps: southwest is 225 degrees on a compass, exactly between south (180) and west (270). Turning from north to southwest is turning 135 degrees anticlockwise.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «southwest» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/southwest/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.