'Direction' definitions:
Definition of 'direction'
From: WordNet
noun
A line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: direction, way]
noun
The spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
noun
A general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "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"
noun
Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action [syn: guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction]
noun
The act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" [syn: management, direction]
noun
A message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" [syn: direction, instruction]
noun
The act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" [syn: steering, guidance, direction]
noun
A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn: commission, charge, direction]
noun
The concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" [syn: focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering]
Definition of 'Direction'
From: GCIDE
- Direction \Di*rec"tion\, n. [L. directio: cf. F. direction.]
- 1. The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o? public affairs or of a bank. [1913 Webster]
- I do commit his youth To your direction. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- All nature is but art, unknown to thee; ll chance, direction, which thou canst not see. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants. [1913 Webster]
- The princes digged the well . . . by the direction of the law giver. --Numb. xxi. 18. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Gun.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. --Wilhelm.
- Syn: Administration; guidance; management; superintendence; oversight; government; order; command; guide; clew.
- Usage: Direction, Control, Command, Order. These words, as here compared, have reference to the exercise of power over the actions of others. Control is negative, denoting power to restrain; command is positive, implying a right to enforce obedience; directions are commands containing instructions how to act. Order conveys more prominently the idea of authority than the word direction. A shipmaster has the command of his vessel; he gives orders or directions to the seamen as to the mode of sailing it; and exercises a due control over the passengers. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'direction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- actuation,
- address,
- administering,
- administration,
- admonition,
- advice,
- advising,
- advocacy,
- agency,
- angle,
- animation,
- arrow,
- avenue,
- bearing,
- billhead,
- blaze,
- briefing,
- catechization,
- caution,
- caveat,
- charge,
- civil government,
- coaching,
- command,
- commission,
- compass needle,
- conduct,
- conducting,
- consultation,
- control,
- council,
- counsel,
- course,
- current,
- destination,
- dictate,
- didactics,
- directing,
- direction post,
- directions,
- directive,
- directorate,
- directorship,
- discipline,
- dispensation,
- disposition,
- dress rehearsal,
- drift,
- driving,
- edification,
- education,
- empery,
- empire,
- enlightenment,
- execution,
- exercise,
- exhortation,
- expostulation,
- final instructions,
- finger post,
- fist,
- form of government,
- functioning,
- general orders,
- glacial movement,
- governance,
- governing,
- government,
- guidance,
- guide,
- guideboard,
- guidepost,
- guiding,
- hand,
- handling,
- hortation,
- hour hand,
- idea,
- illumination,
- index,
- index finger,
- influence,
- information,
- injunction,
- inner-direction,
- instruction,
- instructions,
- lead,
- leadership,
- letterhead,
- line,
- lubber line,
- main current,
- mainstream,
- management,
- managing,
- manipulation,
- milepost,
- minute hand,
- mise-en-scene,
- monition,
- motion,
- motivation,
- mounting,
- movement,
- moving,
- name and address,
- needle,
- occupation,
- operancy,
- operating,
- operation,
- opinion,
- order,
- orders,
- other-direction,
- outlook,
- oversight,
- parley,
- pedagogics,
- pedagogy,
- performance,
- performing,
- pointer,
- pointing,
- political organization,
- polity,
- postal zone,
- practice,
- precept,
- prescript,
- prescription,
- private teaching,
- production,
- programmed instruction,
- prompting,
- proposal,
- recommendation,
- reeducation,
- regime,
- regimen,
- regnancy,
- regulation,
- rehearsal,
- reign,
- remonstrance,
- responsibility,
- road,
- route,
- rule,
- run,
- run-through,
- running,
- schooling,
- self-instruction,
- self-teaching,
- set,
- side,
- signboard,
- signpost,
- slant,
- sovereignty,
- spoon-feeding,
- stage management,
- staging,
- standpoint,
- steering,
- stimulation,
- stream,
- suggestion,
- superscription,
- supervising,
- supervision,
- sway,
- swing,
- system of government,
- teaching,
- tenor,
- the general tendency,
- the main course,
- thought,
- time spirit,
- tone,
- trend,
- tuition,
- tutelage,
- tutorage,
- tutoring,
- tutorship,
- walk-through,
- warning,
- way,
- work,
- working,
- workings,
- Zeitgeist,
- zip code,
- zone
Words containing 'Direction'
- Direct,
- Directed,
- Directer,
- Directing,
- 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