direction

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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

Translations

indication of the point toward which an object is moving

Armenian: ուղղություն (hy) (uġġut’yun) Bulgarian: посока (bg) f., направление (bg) n. Catalan: direcció (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 方向 (zh) (fāngxiàng) Croatian: smjȇr (hr) m. Czech: směr (cs) m. Finnish: suunta (fi) German: Richtung (de) f. Greek: κατεύθυνση (el) (katefthinsi) f. Hebrew: כיוון (kivun) m. Hungarian: irány (hu) Korean: 방향 (ko) (banghyang) Latvian: virziens (lv) m.

Lithuanian: kryptis (lt) f. Macedonian: насока (mk) (násoka) f., правец (mk) (právec) m. Norwegian: retning (no) Polish: kierunek (pl) m. Portuguese: direcção, f., (Brazil) direção (pt) f. Romanian: direcție (ro) f. Romansch: direcziun (rm) f. Scottish Gaelic: seòladh (gd) m., iùl (gd) m., àird (gd) f. Slovene: smer (sl) f. Spanish: dirección (es) f. Swahili: mwelekeo (sw) Swedish: riktning (sv) c., håll (sv) n.

work of the director (manager)

Armenian: ղեկավարում (hy) (ġekavarum), ղեկավարություն (hy) (ġekavarut’yun), կառավարում (hy) (kaṙavarum), վարում (hy) (varum) Bulgarian: управление (bg) n., ръководство (bg) n. Catalan: direcció (ca) f. German: Führung (de) f. Hebrew: ניהול (nihul) m. Korean: 지휘 (ko) (jihwi) Latvian: vadīšana (lv) f., vadība (lv) f.

Lithuanian: vadovavimas (lt) m. Macedonian: раководство (mk) (rakóvodstvo) n., раководење (mk) (rakovódenje) n., управување (mk) (upravúvanje) n. Norwegian: ledelse (no) m. Polish: kierowanie (pl) n. Spanish: dirección (es) f. Swahili: mwelekeo (sw)

work of the director in cinema or theater

Catalan: direcció (ca) f. Croatian: rȇžija (hr) f. Czech: režie (cs) f. German: Regie (de) f. Hebrew: בימוי (bimui) m. Hungarian: rendezés (hu) Korean: 감독 (ko) (gamdok)

Macedonian: режија (mk) (réžija) f. Malayalam: സംവിധാനം (samvidhānam) Norwegian: produksjon (no) m. Polish: reżyseria (pl) f. Slovene: režija (sl) f. Swahili: mwelekeo (sw)

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Kurdish: ئاراسته‌ Scottish Gaelic: iùl m., cùrsa m., rathad m. Spanish: dirección Telugu: diSa (diSa), dikku (dikku) (1,2), దర్శకత్వం (darSakatvaM) (3)

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin directio, directionem.

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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