DIRECTION

steering, guidance, direction

(noun) the act of setting and holding a course; “a new council was installed under the direction of the king”

management, 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?”

focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering

(noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something; “the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology”; “he had no direction in his life”

direction

(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”

guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction

(noun) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

direction, instruction

(noun) a message describing how something is to be done; “he gave directions faster than she could follow them”

commission, charge, direction

(noun) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; “the judge’s charge to the jury”

direction, way

(noun) a line leading to a place or point; “he looked the other direction”; “didn’t know the way home”

direction

(noun) the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; “he checked the direction and velocity of the wind”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions)

A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).

A general trend for future action.

Guidance, instruction.

The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

(dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.

(archaic) A person's address.

Anagrams

• cretinoid

Source: Wiktionary

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Di*rec"tion, n. Etym: [L. directio: cf. F. direction.]

1. The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o. I do commit his youth To your direction. Shak. All nature is but art, unknown to thee;direction, which thou canst not see. Pope.

2. That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants. The princes digged the well . . . by the direction of the law giver. Numb. xxi. 18.

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.

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.

5. The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.

6. (Gun.)

Definition: 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. 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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