direction

di·rec·tion  (d-rkshn, d-)

n.

1. The act or function of directing.

2. Management, supervision, or guidance of an action or operation.

3. The art or action of musical or theatrical directing.

4. Music A word or phrase in a score indicating how a passage is to be played or sung.

5. An instruction or series of instructions for doing or finding something. Often used in the plural.

6. An authoritative indication; an order or command.

7.

a. The distance-independent relationship between two points in space that specifies the angular position of either with respect to the other; the relationship by which the alignment or orientation of any position with respect to any other position is established.

b. A position to which motion or another position is referred.

c. A line leading to a place or point.

d. The line or course along which a person or thing moves.

8. The statement in degrees of the angle measured between due north and a given line or course on a compass.

9. A course or area of development; a tendency toward a particular end or goal: charting a new direction for the company.

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[Middle English, arrangement, from Latin drcti, drctin-, from drctus, past participle of drigere, to direct; see direct.]

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di·rection·less adj.

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direction

Noun

1. the course or line along which a person or thing moves, points, or lies

2. management or guidance: the campaign was successful under his direction

3. the work of a stage or film director

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In artillery and naval gunfire support, a term used by a spotter and/or observer in a call for fire to indicate the bearing of the spotting line. See also bearing; call for fire; naval gunfire support; spotter; spotting line.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	direction - a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" way 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"
	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
	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"
	4.	direction - something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action counseling, counselling, guidance, counsel 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, wind, hint, lead - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
	5.	direction - the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" management 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
	6.	direction - a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" instruction 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
	7.	direction - the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" steering, guidance 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
	8.	direction - a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" commission, charge bid, bidding, command, dictation - an authoritative direction or instruction to do something misdirection - an incorrect charge to a jury given by a judge
	9.	direction - the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life" centering, focus, focusing, focussing, focal point engrossment, immersion, absorption, concentration - complete attention; intense mental effort particularism - a focus on something particular

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direction

noun 1. way, course, line, road, track, bearing, route, path

noun 2. tendency, bent, current, trend, leaning, drift, bias, orientation, tack, tenor, proclivity

noun 3. management, government, control, charge, administration, leadership, command, guidance, supervision, governance, oversight, superintendence

Translations

direction [dɪˈrɛkʃən] n → dirección f;

sense of direction → sentido de la orientación;

directions npl (= advice) → órdenes fpl; instrucciones fpl;

(to a place) → señas fpl;

in the direction of → hacia, en dirección a;

directions for use → modo de empleo;

to ask for directions → preguntar el camino

direction [dɪˈrɛkʃən] n → direction f;

(Theat) → mise f en scène;

(Cine), (TV) → réalisation f;

directions npl (to a place) → indications fpl;

directions for use → mode m d'emploi;

to ask for directions → demander sa route or son chemin;

sense of direction → sens m de l'orientation;

in the direction of → dans la direction de, vers

direction [dɪˈrɛkʃən] direct n → Richtung f;

(TV, Radio) → Leitung f;

(Cine) → Regie f;

directions direct npl (instructions) → Anweisungen pl;

sense of direction direct → Orientierungssinn m;

directions for use direct → Gebrauchsanweisung f, Gebrauchsanleitung f;

to ask for directions direct → nach dem Weg fragen;

in the direction of direct → in Richtung

direction [dɪˈrɛkʃən] n → direzione f [of play, film, programme] → regia;

directions npl (= advice) → chiarimenti mpl (= instructions) (to a place) → indicazioni fpl;

directions for use → istruzioni fpl;

to ask for directions → chiedere la strada;

sense of direction → senso dell'orientamento;

in the direction of → in direzione di