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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.

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

di·rection·less adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.directionlessdirectionless - aimlessly drifting                  
purposeless - not evidencing any purpose or goal
Translations
directionless [dɪˈrekʃənlɪs] ADJ [activity] → sin dirección, que no conduce a ninguna parte
to be/feel directionlessandar/sentirse sin rumbo ni dirección
directionless
adj activityziellos; personunschlüssig, unentschlossen


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