Definition of "north-east" []

• To, toward, or in the northeast (adverb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "We wanted to protect the services we deliver and to safeguard the communities we protect, but we also wanted to safeguard employment in the north-east, which is not exactly an employment hotbed," he says.""
• "Cllr Teresa MurrayLabour, Medway council• Citizens in north-east Lancashire will hardly be surprised to read of local campaigns over A&E and other ward closures in various parts of the country Tory MPs accused of false election promises that could put nation's health in jeopardy, 17 March; even less surprised, no doubt, at the accusation of "false election promises"."
• "But as commander of the north-east region and the 1st armoured division, Ali Mohsen acted as Saleh's iron fist."