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English noun: direction | |||
| 1. | direction (location) a line leading to a place or point | ||
| Samples | He looked the other direction. Didn't know the way home. | ||
| Synonyms | way | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | itinerary, path, route | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aim, bearing, course, east-west direction, heading, north-south direction, qibla, tendency, trend, trend | ||
| 2. | direction the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves | ||
| Samples | He checked the direction and velocity of the wind. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | position, spatial relation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | compass north, compass point, east, frontage, leeward, magnetic north, north, north, northeast, northwest, opposition, orientation, point, seaward, south, southeast, southwest, west, windward | ||
| Attribute | incoming, outgoing | ||
| 3. | direction (cognition) a general course along which something has a tendency to develop | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disposition, inclination, tendency | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | tenor | ||
| 4. | direction (communication) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | ||
| Synonyms | counsel, counseling, counselling, guidance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | career counseling, confidential information, cynosure, genetic counseling, guideline, hint, lead, marriage counseling, road map, steer, tip, wind | ||
| 5. | direction (act) the act of managing something | ||
| Samples | He was given overall management of the program. Is the direction of the economy a function of government?. | ||
| Synonyms | management | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | social control | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | administration, authorisation, authorization, canalisation, canalization, channelisation, channelization, conducting, database management, disenfranchisement, disposal, empowerment, finance, guidance, handling, homemaking, misconduct, misdirection, mismanagement, oversight, steering, superintendence, supervising, supervision, treatment | ||
| 6. | direction (communication) a message describing how something is to be done | ||
| Samples | He gave directions faster than she could follow them. | ||
| Synonyms | instruction | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | content, message, subject matter, substance | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | address, destination, formula, markup, misdirection, name and address, prescript, prescription, recipe, rubric, rule, rule, rule, stage direction, style, system command | ||
| 7. | direction (act) the act of setting and holding a course | ||
| Samples | A new council was installed under the direction of the king. | ||
| Synonyms | guidance, steering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | control | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | aim, celestial guidance, command guidance, driving, inertial guidance, inertial navigation, navigation, pilotage, piloting, terrestrial guidance | ||
| 8. | direction (communication) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | ||
| Samples | The judge's charge to the jury. | ||
| Synonyms | charge, commission | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bid, bidding, command, dictation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | misdirection | ||
| 9. | direction (cognition) the concentration of attention or energy on something | ||
| Samples | The focus of activity shifted to molecular biology. He had no direction in his life. | ||
| Synonyms | centering, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | absorption, concentration, engrossment, immersion | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | particularism | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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