Dictionary entries for 'direction'

Synonyms

di·rec·tion (dĭ-rĕḱshən, dī-)

[Middle English, arrangement, from Latin dīrēctiō, dīrēctiōn-, from dīrēctus past participle of dīrigere, to direct; see direct.]

noun

The act or function of directing.
Management, supervision, or guidance of an action or operation.
The art or action of musical or theatrical directing.
Music A word or phrase in a score indicating how a passage is to be played or sung.
An instruction or series of instructions for doing or finding something. Often used in the plural.
An authoritative indication; an order or command.
1. The distance-independent relationship between two points in space that specifies the angular position of either with respect to the other; the relationship by which the alignment or orientation of any position with respect to any other position is established.
2. A position to which motion or another position is referred.
3. A line leading to a place or point.
4. The line or course along which a person or thing moves.
The statement in degrees of the angle measured between due north and a given line or course on a compass.
A course or area of development; a tendency toward a particular end or goal: charting a new direction for the company.