Definitions for Directiondɪˈrɛk ʃən, ˈdaɪ-

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. direction, way(noun)

    a line leading to a place or point


  2. direction(noun)


    "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"

  3. direction(noun)

    a general course along which something has a tendency to develop


  4. guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction(noun)


  5. management, direction(noun)

    the act of managing something


  6. direction, instruction(noun)

    a message describing how something is to be done

    "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"

  7. steering, guidance, direction(noun)

    the act of setting and holding a course


  8. commission, charge, direction(noun)

    a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

    "the judge's charge to the jury"


    the concentration of attention or energy on something



  1. direction(Noun)

    The action of directing; pointing (something) towards.

  2. direction(Noun)

    Guidance, instruction.

    The trombonist looked to the bandleader for direction.

  3. direction(Noun)


    The screenplay was good, but the direction was weak.

  4. direction(Noun)

    An address.

  5. direction(Noun)


    Keep going in the same direction.

  6. Origin: From directio.

Webster Dictionary

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  5. Direction(noun)

    the body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors

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  1. Direction

    Direction is the information contained in the relative position of one point with respect to another point without the distance information. Directions may be either relative to some indicated reference, or absolute according to some previously agreed upon frame of reference. Direction is often indicated manually by an extended index finger or written as an arrow. On a vertically oriented sign representing a horizontal plane, such as a road sign, "forward" is usually indicated by an upward arrow. Mathematically, direction may be uniquely specified by a unit vector, or equivalently by the angles made by the most direct path with respect to a specified set of axes.

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Direction

    (a) The direction of an electric current is assumed to be from a positively charged electrode or terminal to a negatively charged one in the outer circuit. (See Current.) (b) The direction of magnetic and electro-magnetic lines of force is assumed to be from north to south pole of a magnet in the outer circuit. It is sometimes called the positive direction. Their general course is shown in the cuts diagrammatically. The circles indicate a compass used in tracing their course. The magnetic needle tends to place itself in the direction of or tangential to the lines of force passing nearest it. (c) The direction of electrostatic lines of force is assumed to be out of a positively charged and to a negatively charged surface.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. direction

    In artillery and naval gunfire support, a term used by a spotter and/or observer in a call for fire to indicate the bearing of the spotting line. See also bearing; naval gunfire support; spotter; spotting line.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Direction' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1163

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Direction' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1633

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Direction' in Nouns Frequency: #405

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