Associations to the word «Direction»

DIRECTION, noun. The action of directing; pointing (something) or looking towards.

DIRECTION, noun. Guidance, instruction.

DIRECTION, noun. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

DIRECTION, noun. (archaic) An address.

DIRECTION, noun. The path or course of a given movement, or moving body; an indication of the point toward or from which an object is moving.

DIRECTION, noun. A line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home".

DIRECTION, noun. The spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind".

DIRECTION, noun. 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".

DIRECTION, noun. Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.

DIRECTION, noun. The act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?".

DIRECTION, noun. A message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them".

DIRECTION, noun. The act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king".

DIRECTION, noun. A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury".

DIRECTION, noun. The concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life".