Definitions for direction

Definitions for (noun) direction

Main entry: steering, guidance, direction

Definition: the act of setting and holding a course

Usage: a new council was installed under the direction of the king


Main entry: direction, management

Definition: the act of managing something

Usage: he was given overall management of the program; is the direction of the economy a function of government?


Main entry: focal point, focus, focusing, focussing, direction, centering

Definition: the concentration of attention or energy on something

Usage: the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology; he had no direction in his life


Main entry: direction

Definition: a general course along which something has a tendency to develop

Usage: 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


Main entry: counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance

Definition: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action


Main entry: direction, instruction

Definition: a message describing how something is to be done

Usage: he gave directions faster than she could follow them


Main entry: charge, commission, direction

Definition: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

Usage: the judge's charge to the jury


Main entry: direction, way

Definition: a line leading to a place or point

Usage: he looked the other direction; didn't know the way home


Main entry: direction

Definition: the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

Usage: he checked the direction and velocity of the wind


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