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1. | [ noun ] (transportation) a line leading to a place or point | |
Synonyms: | way | |
Examples: | : "he looked the other direction" "didn't know the way home" |
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Related terms: | path tendency course bearing qibla | |
2. | [ noun ] the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves | |
Examples: | "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
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Related terms: | position frontage orientation opposition windward leeward compass_point north outgoing incoming | |
3. | [ noun ] a general course along which something has a tendency to develop | |
Examples: | "I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts" "his ideals determined the direction of his career" "they proposed a new direction for the firm" |
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Related terms: | inclination | |
4. | [ noun ] something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | |
Synonyms: | guidance counseling counselling counsel | |
Related terms: | message tip guideline cynosure career_counseling genetic_counseling guideline marriage_counseling advise | |
5. | [ noun ] the act of managing something | |
Synonyms: | management managing | |
Examples: | "he was given overall management of the program" "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" |
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Related terms: | social_control treatment administration supervision guidance disenfranchisement mismanagement authorization channelization homemaking database_management finance conducting misconduct oversee | |
6. | [ noun ] a message describing how something is to be done | |
Synonyms: | instruction | |
Examples: | "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
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Related terms: | message rule recipe prescription prescription stage_direction rule address misdirection system_command rubric style markup rule | |
7. | [ noun ] the act of setting and holding a course | |
Synonyms: | guidance steering | |
Examples: | "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" |
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Related terms: | control aim navigation celestial_guidance driving command_guidance inertial_guidance terrestrial_guidance guide | |
8. | [ noun ] the concentration of attention or energy on something | |
Synonyms: | focus centering focusing focussing | |
Examples: | "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology" "he had no direction in his life" |
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Related terms: | concentration particularism focus_on concentrate concenter | |
9. | [ noun ] (law) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | |
Synonyms: | charge commission | |
Examples: | "the judge's charge to the jury" |
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Related terms: | command misdirection appoint | |
Similar spelling: |
directional direct directing directive directness directorate directivity direct_tide direct_mail direct_loan director directly directed directory direct_trust direct_tax direct_sum direct_dye direct_fire diarist |