direction

n. bearing; guidance, supervision; conducting; management; educating, instructing

Direction may refer to:Direction (geometry, geography)Relative direction, for instance left, right, forward, backward, up, and downFilm direction, the management, supervision, or guidance of a filmDirection, a concept in the Alexander TechniqueDirection - Social Democracy, a major political party in SlovakiaDirection, a record label which flourished in the late 1960s, specialising in soul musicDirection (7"), a 7" single by American indie rock band Heavens to Betsy, a DVD video album made of videos inspired by songs from indie rock/pop band Death Cab for Cutie's album PlansDirected set, a concept in the mathematics of order theoryDirected graph, in graph theory"Direction", a song by the band Interpol, released as a B-side off the Six Feet Under soundtrackFor the guidance and cueing of a group of musicians during performance, see conductingDirection (a 2007 album by The Starting Line)
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Noun
1. a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
(synonym) way
(hypernym) path, route, itinerary
(hyponym) bearing, heading, aim
2. the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
(hypernym) position, spatial relation
(hyponym) frontage
(attribute) incoming
3. 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"
(hypernym) inclination, disposition, tendency
4. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
(synonym) guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) road map, guideline
5. the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"
(synonym) management
(hypernym) social control
(hyponym) conducting
6. a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"
(synonym) instruction
(hypernym) message, content, subject matter, substance
(hyponym) rule
7. the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"
(synonym) steering, guidance
(hypernym) control
(hyponym) driving
8. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury"
(synonym) commission, charge
(hypernym) command, bid, bidding, dictation
(hyponym) misdirection
9. the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"
(synonym) focus, focusing, focussing, centering
(hypernym) concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
(hyponym) particularism

n. direction, way; management, leadership, government; command, conduct; directing, superintendence, supervision; course, range, trend; vector; departure, guidance; domain

(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.
  

(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 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.