direction

[ dih-rek-shuh n, dahy- ]

/ dɪˈrɛk ʃən, ˈdaɪ- /

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noun

the act or an instance of directing.

the line along which anything lies, faces, moves, etc., with reference to the point or region toward which it is directed: The storm moved in a northerly direction.

the point or region itself: The direction is north.

a position on a line extending from a specific point toward a point of the compass or toward the nadir or the zenith.

a line of thought or action or a tendency or inclination: the direction of contemporary thought.

Usually directions. instruction or guidance for making, using, etc.: directions for baking a cake.

order; command.

management; control; guidance; supervision: a company under good direction.

a directorate.

the name and address of the intended recipient as written on a letter, package, etc.

decisions in a stage or film production as to stage business, speaking of lines, lighting, and general presentation.

the technique, act, or business of making such decisions, managing and training a cast of actors, etc.

the technique, act, or business of directing an orchestra, concert, or other musical presentation or group.

Music. a symbol or phrase that indicates in a score the proper tempo, style of performance, mood, etc.

a purpose or orientation toward a goal that serves to guide or motivate; focus: He doesn't seem to have any direction in life.

Origin of direction

1375–1425; late Middle English direccioun (< Middle French) < Latin dīrēctiōn- (stem of dīrēctiō) “arranging in line, straightening.” See direct, -ion

synonym study for direction

5. See tendency.

OTHER WORDS FROM direction

di·rec·tion·less, adjective pre·di·rec·tion, noun self-di·rec·tion, noun su·per·di·rec·tion, noun

Words nearby direction

direct-vision spectroscope, directed, directed angle, directed verdict, directed-energy device, direction, direction angle, direction cosine, direction finder, direction number, directional

Example sentences from the Web for self-direction

It must be in the realm of appreciation, attitude, choice, self-direction—a realm superior to habit.

College Teaching |Paul Klapper
It is not called for by the practical needs of daily self-direction.

Theoretical Ethics |Milton Valentine
As soon as there is life, there is self-direction, and absorbing and using of material.

The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature |Various
Personal man is in continual danger, for to self-direction is attached the prerogative of sin.

The Teacher |George Herbert Palmer

The rights of individuality and of self-direction have been hardly won and are dearly held.

Manpower |Lincoln Clarke Andrews

British Dictionary definitions for self-direction

direction

/ (dɪˈrɛkʃən, daɪ-) /

noun

the act of directing or the state of being directed

management, control, or guidance

the work of a stage or film director

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

the course along which a ship, aircraft, etc, is travelling, expressed as the angle between true or magnetic north and an imaginary line through the main fore-and-aft axis of the vessel

the place towards which a person or thing is directed

a line of action; course

the name and address on a letter, parcel, etc

music the process of conducting an orchestra, choir, etc

music an instruction in the form of a word or symbol heading or occurring in the body of a passage, movement, or piece to indicate tempo, dynamics, mood, etc

(modifier) maths

(of an angle) being any one of the three angles that a line in space makes with the three positive directions of the coordinate axes. Usually given as α, β, and γ with respect to the x-, y-, and z- axes
(of a cosine) being the cosine of any of the direction angles

Idioms and Phrases with self-direction

direction

see step in the right direction.

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

direction

noun

Origin of direction

synonym study for direction

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

direction

noun

Origin of direction

synonym study for direction

OTHER WORDS FROM direction

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Words related to self-direction

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