direction

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin dīrēctiō.

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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.

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin directio, directionem.

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Noun[edit]

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