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Definition of Direction
1. Noun. A line leading to a place or point. "Didn't know the way home"
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"
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.
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?"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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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Literary usage of Direction
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey (1916)
"Unless one is cognizant of the energies which are already in operation, one's
attempts at direction will almost surely go amiss. On the other hand, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"The correlation between the deviations from the primitive direction and the ...
Deviation from the primitive direction is, however, not easily produced and ..."
3. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"Camarina, and Ocla, und thu cities in that direction, whether Grecian or barbarian.
They kindled, therefore, many lin • and began their inarch in the night. ..."
4. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Evolution of gestures in direction of simplification. The \S earliest forms of
social communications undoubtedly included much gesture if, indeed, ..."
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