Direction Definition

direction

English

Etymology

From Latin dīrēctiō.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /dəˈɹɛk.ʃən/, /dɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/, /daɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

direction (plural directions)

1. The action of directing; pointing (something) towards.
2. Guidance, instruction.

   The trombonist looked to the bandleader for direction.

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

   The screenplay was good, but the direction was weak.

4. (archaic) An address.
   • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 218:

     Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.

5. The path or course of a given movement, or moving body; an indication of the point toward which an object is moving.

   Keep going in the same direction.

   • 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,

     Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.

Related terms

• direct
• directions
• director
• directive
• misdirection
• redirection
• under the direction of

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: beneath · conversation · music · #836: direction · o' · eight · modern

Anagrams

• cretinoid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin directio, directionem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

direction f. (plural directions)

1. (spatial) direction
2. (figuratively) direction
3. government
4. (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
5. (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government

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