English to English
noun
- a line leading to a place or point
He looked the other direction.
Didn't know the way home.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
He checked the direction and velocity of the wind.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts.
His ideals determined the direction of his career.
They proposed a new direction for the firm.
source: WordNet 3.0
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of managing something
He was given overall management of the program.
Is the direction of the economy a function of government?.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a message describing how something is to be done
He gave directions faster than she could follow them.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of setting and holding a course
A new council was installed under the direction of the king.
source: WordNet 3.0
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
The judge's charge to the jury.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the concentration of attention or energy on something
The focus of activity shifted to molecular biology.
He had no direction in his life.
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o&?; public affairs or of a bank.
source: Webster 1913
