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| NOUN | 1 | direction, way | A line leading to a place or point |
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| 2 | direction | The spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves | |
| 3 | direction | A general course along which something has a tendency to develop | |
| 4 | direction, guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling | Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action | |
| 5 | direction, management | The act of managing something | |
| 6 | direction, instruction | A message describing how something is to be done | |
| 7 | direction, steering, guidance | The act of setting and holding a course | |
| 8 | direction, commission, charge | A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something | |
| 9 | direction, focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, centering | The concentration of attention or energy on something |
| Sounds | dayreh'kshihn; dereh'kshahn; dihreh'kshihn; diyreh'kshihn |
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| Rhymes | Adrenalin, aflatoxin, Aiken, and 213 more rhymes in ihn... |
| Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn... |
| Meaning | A line leading to a place or point. |
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| Examples | "he looked the other direction" |
| Synonyms | way |
| Broader | path, route, itinerary |
| Narrower | bearing, heading, aim; course, trend; east-west direction; north-south direction; qibla; tendency, trend |
| Meaning | The spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves. |
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| Examples | "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
| Broader | position, spatial relation |
| Narrower | frontage; orientation; opposition; windward; leeward; seaward; compass point, point; north, magnetic north, compass north |
| Attributes | incoming; outgoing |
| Adjectives | directional; omnidirectional |
| Meaning | A general course along which something has a tendency to develop. |
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| Examples | "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 | inclination, disposition, tendency |
| Narrower | tenor |
| Meaning | Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. |
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| Synonyms | guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance |
| Narrower | road map, guideline; career counseling; cynosure; genetic counseling; marriage counseling; tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint |
| Meaning | The act of managing something. |
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| Examples | "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" |
| Synonyms | management |
| Broader | social control |
| Narrower | conducting; database management; finance; homemaking; misconduct; mismanagement, misdirection; treatment, handling; supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversight; administration, disposal; authorization, authorisation, empowerment; disenfranchisement; channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation; guidance, steering |
| Adjectives | directional |
| Meaning | A message describing how something is to be done. |
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| Examples | "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
| Synonyms | instruction |
| Broader | message, content, subject matter, substance |
| Narrower | rule; rule, prescript; rubric; misdirection; address, destination, name and address; markup; prescription; recipe, formula; rule; stage direction; style; system command |
| Meaning | The act of setting and holding a course. |
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| Examples | "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" |
| Synonyms | steering, guidance |
| Broader | control |
| Narrower | driving; aim; navigation, pilotage, piloting; celestial guidance; inertial guidance, inertial navigation; command guidance; terrestrial guidance |
| Meaning | A formal statement of a command or injunction to do something. |
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| Synonyms | commission, charge |
| Broader | command, bid, bidding, dictation |
| Narrower | misdirection |
| Meaning | The concentration of attention or energy on something. |
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| Examples | "he had no direction in his life" |
| Synonyms | focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, centering |
| Broader | concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion |
| Narrower | particularism |
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