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Definition of Direction
1. Noun. A line leading to a place or point. "Didn't know the way home"
Exact synonyms: Way
Generic synonyms: Itinerary, Path, Route
Specialized synonyms: Aim, Bearing, Heading, Course, Trend, East-west Direction, North-south Direction, Qibla, Tendency, Trend
Generic synonyms: Itinerary, Path, Route
Specialized synonyms: Aim, Bearing, Heading, Course, Trend, East-west Direction, North-south Direction, Qibla, Tendency, Trend
2. Noun. The spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves. "He checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
Generic synonyms: Position, Spatial Relation
Specialized synonyms: Frontage, Orientation, Opposition, Windward, Leeward, Seaward, Compass Point, Point, Compass North, Magnetic North, North, North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest
Attributes: Incoming, Outgoing
Specialized synonyms: Frontage, Orientation, Opposition, Windward, Leeward, Seaward, Compass Point, Point, Compass North, Magnetic North, North, North, Northeast, East, Southeast, South, Southwest, West, Northwest
Attributes: Incoming, Outgoing
3. Noun. A general course along which something has a tendency to develop. "They proposed a new direction for the firm"
4. Noun. Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
Exact synonyms: Counsel, Counseling, Counselling, Guidance
Specialized synonyms: Guideline, Road Map, Career Counseling, Cynosure, Genetic Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Confidential Information, Hint, Lead, Steer, Tip, Wind
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Derivative terms: Counsel, Counsel, Counsel
Specialized synonyms: Guideline, Road Map, Career Counseling, Cynosure, Genetic Counseling, Marriage Counseling, Confidential Information, Hint, Lead, Steer, Tip, Wind
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Derivative terms: Counsel, Counsel, Counsel
5. Noun. The act of managing something. "Is the direction of the economy a function of government?"
Exact synonyms: Management
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Specialized synonyms: Conducting, Database Management, Finance, Homemaking, Misconduct, Misdirection, Mismanagement, Handling, Treatment, Oversight, Superintendence, Supervising, Supervision, Administration, Disposal, Authorisation, Authorization, Empowerment, Disenfranchisement, Canalisation, Canalization, Channelisation, Channelization, Guidance, Steering
Derivative terms: Manage, Manage
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Specialized synonyms: Conducting, Database Management, Finance, Homemaking, Misconduct, Misdirection, Mismanagement, Handling, Treatment, Oversight, Superintendence, Supervising, Supervision, Administration, Disposal, Authorisation, Authorization, Empowerment, Disenfranchisement, Canalisation, Canalization, Channelisation, Channelization, Guidance, Steering
Derivative terms: Manage, Manage
6. Noun. A message describing how something is to be done. "He gave directions faster than she could follow them"
Exact synonyms: Instruction
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Rule, Prescript, Rule, Rubric, Misdirection, Address, Destination, Name And Address, Markup, Prescription, Formula, Recipe, Rule, Stage Direction, Style, System Command
Derivative terms: Instructional
Generic synonyms: Content, Message, Subject Matter, Substance
Specialized synonyms: Rule, Prescript, Rule, Rubric, Misdirection, Address, Destination, Name And Address, Markup, Prescription, Formula, Recipe, Rule, Stage Direction, Style, System Command
Derivative terms: Instructional
7. Noun. The act of setting and holding a course. "A new council was installed under the direction of the king"
Exact synonyms: Guidance, Steering
Specialized synonyms: Driving, Aim, Navigation, Pilotage, Piloting, Celestial Guidance, Inertial Guidance, Inertial Navigation, Command Guidance, Terrestrial Guidance
Generic synonyms: Control
Derivative terms: Steer
Specialized synonyms: Driving, Aim, Navigation, Pilotage, Piloting, Celestial Guidance, Inertial Guidance, Inertial Navigation, Command Guidance, Terrestrial Guidance
Generic synonyms: Control
Derivative terms: Steer
8. Noun. A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something. "The judge's charge to the jury"
Exact synonyms: Charge, Commission
Generic synonyms: Bid, Bidding, Command, Dictation
Specialized synonyms: Misdirection
Derivative terms: Charge, Charge, Commission, Commissioner
Generic synonyms: Bid, Bidding, Command, Dictation
Specialized synonyms: Misdirection
Derivative terms: Charge, Charge, Commission, Commissioner
9. Noun. The concentration of attention or energy on something. "He had no direction in his life"
Exact synonyms: Centering, Focal Point, Focus, Focusing, Focussing
Generic synonyms: Absorption, Concentration, Engrossment, Immersion
Specialized synonyms: Particularism
Derivative terms: Center, Center, Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus
Generic synonyms: Absorption, Concentration, Engrossment, Immersion
Specialized synonyms: Particularism
Derivative terms: Center, Center, Focus, Focus, Focus, Focus
Definition of Direction
1. n. The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o&?; public affairs or of a bank.
Definition of Direction
1. Noun. The action of directing; pointing (something) towards. ¹
2. Noun. Guidance, instruction. ¹
3. Noun. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic) An address. ¹
5. Noun. The path or course of a given movement, or moving body; an indication of the point toward which an object is moving. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Direction
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