ALL meanings of direction
di·rec·tion
D d - noun direction A course along which someone or something moves. 1
- noun direction North, etc. 1
- noun direction way 1
- noun direction activity of film or stage director 1
- noun direction management 1
- noun direction guidance 1
- noun direction order, command 1
- noun direction sense of purpose 1
- noun plural direction how to get somewhere 1
- noun direction tendency, inclination 1
- noun direction the act or an instance of directing. 1
- noun direction the line along which anything lies, faces, moves, etc., with reference to the point or region toward which it is directed: The storm moved in a northerly direction. 1
- noun direction the point or region itself: The direction is north. 1
- noun direction a position on a line extending from a specific point toward a point of the compass or toward the nadir or the zenith. 1
- noun direction a line of thought or action or a tendency or inclination: the direction of contemporary thought. 1
- noun direction Usually, directions. instruction or guidance for making, using, etc.: directions for baking a cake. 1
- noun direction order; command. 1
- noun direction management; control; guidance; supervision: a company under good direction. 1
- noun direction a directorate. 1
- noun direction the name and address of the intended recipient as written on a letter, package, etc. 1
- noun direction decisions in a stage or film production as to stage business, speaking of lines, lighting, and general presentation. 1
- noun direction the technique, act, or business of making such decisions, managing and training a cast of actors, etc. 1
- noun direction the technique, act, or business of directing an orchestra, concert, or other musical presentation or group. 1
- noun direction Music. a symbol or phrase that indicates in a score the proper tempo, style of performance, mood, etc. 1
- noun direction a purpose or orientation toward a goal that serves to guide or motivate; focus: He doesn't seem to have any direction in life. 1
- variable noun direction A direction is the general line that someone or something is moving or pointing in. 0
- variable noun direction A direction is the general way in which something develops or progresses. 0
- noun plural direction Directions are instructions that tell you what to do, how to do something, or how to get somewhere. 0
- uncountable noun direction The direction of a film, play, or television programme is the work that the director does while it is being made. 0
- noun direction the act of directing or the state of being directed 0
- noun direction management, control, or guidance 0
- noun direction the work of a stage or film director 0
- noun direction the course or line along which a person or thing moves, points, or lies 0
- noun direction the course along which a ship, aircraft, etc, is travelling, expressed as the angle between true or magnetic north and an imaginary line through the main fore-and-aft axis of the vessel 0
- noun direction the place towards which a person or thing is directed 0
- noun direction a line of action; course 0
- noun direction the name and address on a letter, parcel, etc 0
- noun direction the process of conducting an orchestra, choir, etc 0
- noun direction an instruction in the form of a word or symbol heading or occurring in the body of a passage, movement, or piece to indicate tempo, dynamics, mood, etc 0
- noun direction (of an angle) being any one of the three angles that a line in space makes with the three positive directions of the coordinate axes. Usually given as α, β, and γ with respect to the x-, y-, and z-axes 0
- noun direction (of a cosine) being the cosine of any of the direction angles 0
- noun direction the act of directing; management; supervision 0
- noun direction instructions for doing, operating, using, preparing, etc. 0
- noun direction an authoritative order or command 0
- noun direction the point toward which something faces or the line along which something moves or lies 0
- noun direction an aspect, line of development, way, trend, etc. 0
- noun direction the director's plan for achieving certain effects, as of acting, lighting, etc. 0
- noun direction the instructions for this to the actors and others 0
- noun direction a word, phrase, or sign showing how a note, passage, etc. is to be played 0
- noun direction the work or art of directing a choir, band, etc. 0