'Directing' definitions:
Definition of 'directing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress" [syn: directing, directional, directive, guiding]
Definition of 'Directing'
From: GCIDE
- Direct \Di*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Directed; p. pr. & vb. n. Directing.]
- 1. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord direct your into the love of God. --2 Thess. iii. 5. [1913 Webster]
- The next points to which I will direct your attention. --Lubbock. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army. [1913 Webster]
- I will direct their work in truth. --Is. lxi. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go. [1913 Webster]
- I 'll first direct my men what they shall do. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.
- Syn: To guide; lead; conduct; dispose; manage; regulate; order; instruct; command. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'directing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- administrative,
- bureaucratic,
- chief,
- commanding,
- controlling,
- directive,
- directorial,
- directory,
- executive,
- governing,
- guiding,
- head,
- leading,
- managerial,
- managing,
- ministerial,
- official,
- regulating,
- regulative,
- regulatory,
- supervisory
Words containing 'Directing'
- Direct,
- Directed,
- Directer,
- Direction,
- Directive,
- Directly,
- Directness,
- directional,
- directionality,
- directiveness,
- directivity,
- other directed,
- Direct action,
- Direct current,
- Direct demonstration,
- Direct discourse,
- Direct evidence,
- Direct examination,
- Direct fire,
- Direct nomination,
- Direct primary,
- Direct process,
- Direct tax,
- Direct vision,
- Directer plane,
- Directly proportional,
- change of direction,
- direct antonym,
- direct contrast,
- direct correlation,
- direct dye,
- direct flight,
- direct line,
- direct loan,
- direct mail,
- direct mailer,
- direct marketing,
- direct object,
- direct quotation,
- direct sum,
- direct support,
- direct tide,
- direct transmission,
- direct trust,
- directed study,
- directed verdict,
- direction finder,
- directional antenna,
- directional microphone,
- inner directed,
- presidential directive,
- sense of direction,
- stage direct,
- stage direction,
- A direct induced current,
- Direct-acting,
- Direct-coupled,
- direct electric current,
- direct supporting fire,
- foreign direct investment,
- goal-directed,
- re-direct,
- self-directed,
- self-direction,
- Direct-coupled antenna,
- Re-direct examination,
- direct-grant school,
- east-west direction,
- joint direct attack munition,
- north-south direction,
- Direct-acting steam engine,
- Direct-acting steam pump,
- direct-action steam engine,
- direct-action steam pump