Direction
[dəˈrekʃn] or [də'rɛkʃn]
Definition
(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.) a message describing how something is to be done; 'he gave directions faster than she could follow them'.
(noun.) a line leading to a place or point; 'he looked the other direction'; 'didn't know the way home'.
(noun.) the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; 'he checked the direction and velocity of the wind'.
Edited by Laurence--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.
(n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1].Aim.[2].Tendency, line of motion.[3].Course, bearing, point of compass.[4]. Management, oversight, superintendence, government, control.[5]. Guidance, lead.[6]. Order, command, prescription.[7]. Address, superscription.
Editor: Shanna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Course, tendency, inclination, line, control, command, bearing, superscription,order, address
ANT:Misdirection, deviation, mis-control, misinstruction, aberration
Typist: Pearl
Examples
- Seizing the professor by the arm, Mr. Philander set off in the direction that would put the greatest distance between themselves and the lion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- At it again, in a new direction! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It, too, demands understanding and direction. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Again, a minute bit of bark has been upturned by the scraping hand, and the direction of the break indicates the direction of the passage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- When light passes from air into water, or from any transparent substance into another of different density, its direction is changed, and it emerges along an entirely new path (Fig. 64). Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- That is due to the change of the direction of the light after it enters the water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- How subtle her influence was, she seemed to start his irritable attention into her direction exclusively, in one minute. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They lifted him up, and he was overjoyed to find that they were about to take him in the direction whither the star seemed to him to lead. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Our enemies were a good half-hour behind us with no conception of our direction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- This brief direction to Charley Bates, and his recent antagonist, was softly and immediately obeyed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I thanked him, and at his direction joined the members of his staff. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Asking the operator the best direction, he pointed west, and noticing a rabbit in a clear space in the sage bushes, I said, 'There is one now. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The bank is under the direction of the four reigning burgomasters who are changed every year. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thus the Barnacles were all over the world, in every direction--despatch-boxing the compass. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A party that tried to answer every conflicting interest would stand still because people were pulling in so many different directions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Is there anybody else I can send to you, or any other directions I can give before I leave, respecting what you would wish to be done? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Means for quarter sawing in both directions of log travel are shown in patent to Gray, No. 550,825, December 3, 1895. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- No need to give him directions; he was always at home everywhere. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- While obeying my directions, he glanced at me now and then suspiciously from under his frost-white eyelashes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Suitable directions will at once be given for all trains and surplus artillery to conform to this movement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We had the boy upstairs, and I gave him his directions. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. Bucket draws near and examines the directions. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I obeyed her directions. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In three different directions I saw the crowd part, at one and the same moment. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Stage-coaches were upsetting in all directions, horses were bolting, boats were overturning, and boilers were bursting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Inquiring at the hotel, I received the necessary directions for finding the Sergeant's cottage. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was sticking out of him in all directions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The apes scattered by ones, and twos, and threes in all directions, but ever within sound of a signal of alarm. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Some of the young ladies washed the lettuces for him, and sliced them under his directions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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