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
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