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.
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the point or region itself: The direction is north.
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a position on a line extending from a specific point toward a point of the compass or toward the nadir or the zenith.
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a line of thought or action or a tendency or inclination: the direction of contemporary thought.
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Usually, directions.instruction or guidance for making, using, etc.: directions for baking a cake.
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order; command.
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management; control; guidance; supervision: a company under good direction.
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a directorate.
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the name and address of the intended recipient as written on a letter, package, etc.
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decisions in a stage or film production as to stage business, speaking of lines, lighting, and general presentation.
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the technique, act, or business of making such decisions, managing and training a cast of actors, etc.
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the technique, act, or business of directing an orchestra, concert, or other musical presentation or group.
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Music. a symbol or phrase that indicates in a score the proper tempo, style of performance, mood, etc.
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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: 1375–1425; late ME direccioun (< MF) < L dīrēctiōn- (s. of dīrēctiō) arranging in line, straightening. See direct, -ion
Management, supervision, or guidance of an action or operation.
The art or action of musical or theatrical directing.
Music A word or phrase in a score indicating how a passage is to be played or sung.
An instruction or series of instructions for doing or finding something. Often used in the plural.
An authoritative indication; an order or command.
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.
A position to which motion or another position is referred.
A line leading to a place or point.
The line or course along which a person or thing moves.
The statement in degrees of the angle measured between due north and a given line or course on a compass.
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 dīrēctiō, dīrēctiōn-, from dīrēctus, past participle of dīrigere, to direct; see direct.] di·rec'tion·less adj.
[di-rek-shuh
n, dahy-] 