Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

southeast

/sawˈθɪjst/ noun, adjective, adverb, proper noun

Forms southeasts further southeast farther southeast furthest southeast farthest southeast the Southeast south-east sou'-east SE

noun The intercardinal compass point halfway between east and south; specifically at a bearing of 135°.
adjective Of, in or pertaining to the southeast; southeastern.
adjective Situated toward or in the direction of the southeast; southeastward; southeasterly. “A southeast course.”
adjective Coming from the southeast; southeasterly. “A southeast wind.”
adverb Towards or in the direction of the southeast; southeastwards. “We are travelling southeast at the moment.”
proper noun Any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.
proper noun (US) The southeastern region of the contiguous United States.

Synonyms

From Middle English southest, from Old English sūþēast, equivalent to south + east.

By proprialization from southeast.

noun The point of the compass equally distant from the south and the east; the southeast part or region.
adjective Of or pertaining to the southeast; proceeding toward, or coming from, the southeast; as, a southeast course; a southeast wind.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “southeast”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details