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| n. (location) | 1. direction, way | a line leading to a place or point.; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" |
| ~ itinerary, route, path | an established line of travel or access. |
| ~ bearing, heading, aim | the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies. |
| ~ trend, course | general line of orientation.; "the river takes a southern course"; "the northeastern trend of the coast" |
| ~ east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude. |
| ~ north-south direction | in a direction parallel with lines of longitude. |
| ~ qibla | the direction of the Kaaba toward which Muslims turn for their daily prayers. |
| ~ trend, tendency | a general direction in which something tends to move.; "the shoreward tendency of the current"; "the trend of the stock market" |
| n. (linkdef) | 2. direction | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves.; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
| ~ spatial relation, position | the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated.; "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage" |
| ~ frontage | the direction in which something (such as a building) faces. |
| ~ orientation | position or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directions. |
| ~ opposition | a direction opposite to another. |
| ~ windward | the direction from which the wind is coming. |
| ~ leeward | the direction in which the wind is blowing. |
| ~ seaward | the direction toward the sea. |
| ~ compass point, point | any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass.; "he checked the point on his compass" |
| ~ compass north, magnetic north, north | the direction in which a compass needle points. |
| ~ north | the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass point. |
| ~ northeast | the direction corresponding to the northeastward compass point. |
| ~ east | the direction corresponding to the eastward cardinal compass point. |
| ~ southeast | the direction corresponding to the southeastward compass point. |
| ~ south | the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point. |
| ~ southwest | the direction corresponding to the southwestward compass point. |
| ~ west | the direction corresponding to the westward cardinal compass point. |
| ~ northwest | the direction corresponding to the northwestward compass point. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. direction | 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" |
| ~ inclination, tendency, disposition | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| ~ tenor | a settled or prevailing or habitual course of a person's life.; "nothing disturbed the even tenor of her ways" |
| n. (communication) | 4. counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
| ~ road map, guideline | a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action.; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ career counseling | counseling on career opportunities. |
| ~ cynosure | something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners).; "let faith be your cynosure to walk by" |
| ~ genetic counseling | guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children. |
| ~ marriage counseling | counseling on marital problems and disagreements. |
| ~ confidential information, steer, tip, hint, wind, lead | an indication of potential opportunity.; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" |
| n. (act) | 5. direction, management | the act of managing something.; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" |
| ~ social control | control exerted (actively or passively) by group action. |
| ~ conducting | the direction of an orchestra or choir.; "he does not use a baton for conducting" |
| ~ database management | creation and maintenance of a database. |
| ~ finance | the management of money and credit and banking and investments. |
| ~ homemaking | the management of a household. |
| ~ misconduct | bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf. |
| ~ mismanagement, misdirection | management that is careless or inefficient.; "he accomplished little due to the mismanagement of his energies" |
| ~ treatment, handling | the management of someone or something.; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system" |
| ~ superintendence, supervising, supervision, oversight | management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group. |
| ~ administration, disposal | a method of tending to or managing the affairs of a some group of people (especially the group's business affairs). |
| ~ empowerment, authorisation, authorization | the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant. |
| ~ disenfranchisement | the act of withdrawing certification or terminating a franchise. |
| ~ channelisation, channelization, canalisation, canalization | management through specified channels of communication. |
| ~ steering, guidance | the act of guiding or showing the way. |
| n. (communication) | 6. direction, instruction | a message describing how something is to be done.; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ rule | any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way of life of members of a religious order.; "the rule of St. Dominic" |
| ~ prescript, rule | prescribed guide for conduct or action. |
| ~ rubric | directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book). |
| ~ misdirection | incorrect directions or instructions. |
| ~ name and address, destination, address | written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location. |
| ~ markup | detailed stylistic instructions for typesetting something that is to be printed; manual markup is usually written on the copy (e.g. underlining words that are to be set in italics). |
| ~ prescription | directions prescribed beforehand; the action of prescribing authoritative rules or directions.; "I tried to follow her prescription for success" |
| ~ recipe, formula | directions for making something. |
| ~ rule | directions that define the way a game or sport is to be conducted.; "he knew the rules of chess" |
| ~ stage direction | an instruction written as part of the script of a play. |
| ~ style | editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display. |
| ~ system command | a computer user's instruction (not part of a program) that calls for action by the computer's executive program. |
| n. (act) | 7. direction, guidance, steering | the act of setting and holding a course.; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" |
| ~ driving | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal. |
| ~ control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something.; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" |
| ~ aim | the action of directing something at an object.; "he took aim and fired" |
| ~ navigation, pilotage, piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. |
| ~ celestial guidance | a method of controlling the flight of a missile or spacecraft by reference to the positions of celestial bodies. |
| ~ inertial guidance, inertial navigation | a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to inertial forces. |
| ~ command guidance | a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile. |
| ~ terrestrial guidance | a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to the strength and direction of the earth's gravitational field. |
| n. (communication) | 8. charge, commission, direction | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something.; "the judge's charge to the jury" |
| ~ bid, bidding, command, dictation | an authoritative direction or instruction to do something. |
| ~ misdirection | an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge. |
| n. (cognition) | 9. centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing | the concentration of attention or energy on something.; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" |
| ~ engrossment, immersion, absorption, concentration | complete attention; intense mental effort. |
| ~ particularism | a focus on something particular. |
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