Direction

Word DIRECTION
Character 9
Hyphenation di rec tion
Pronunciations /d(a)ɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/

Definitions and meanings of "Direction"

What do we mean by direction?

The management, supervision, or guidance of a group or operation. noun

The art or action of directing a musical or theatrical production. noun

An authoritative order or command. noun

A word or phrase in a score indicating how a passage is to be played or sung. noun

Instructions in how to do something or reach a destination. noun

The course along which a person or thing is moving or must move to reach a destination. noun

The point toward which a person or thing faces or is oriented. noun

A course or line of development; a tendency toward a particular end or goal. noun

Relative position considered without regard to linear distance. noun

The act of governing; administration; management; guidance; superintendence: as, the direction of public affairs, of domestic concerns, of a bank, of conscience; to study under the direction of a tutor. noun

The act of directing, aiming, pointing, or applying: as, the direction of good works to a good end. noun

The end or object toward which something is directed. noun

An order; a prescription, either verbal or written; instruction in what manner to proceed. noun

In equity pleading, that part of the bill containing the address to the court. noun

In music, the act or office of a conductor or director. noun

A superscription, as on a letter or package, directing to whom and where it is to be sent; an address. noun

A body or board of directors; a directorate. noun

A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).

A general trend for future action.

Guidance, instruction.

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

The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.

A person's address.

In the thrashy Israeli streets, this is one of many Code-terms in order to get some Marijuana around, and other drugs as well. Since Marijuana is the most exstensive illegal drug there is, escpecially in Israel, this particular term is considered mostly into "Weed". The term itself asks for the "demand" part, and usually after you say 'direction' (or, "Kivun" in Hebrew), you must name the price. exmaples next will show the meaning: Urban Dictionary

Dying from an erection nbd; Urban Dictionary

Used to describe silly-looking styles worn by ultra-fashionable people when you're not confident enough to come right out and say they look silly. You're worried this is a new fashion you don't know about yet, so you say the tweed shirt with a gold tie or whatever is 'directional'. Urban Dictionary

C'mon people! it is the damn blinker in your car. Urban Dictionary

@ somebody when you are saying something about them Urban Dictionary

What real mean don't ask for. Urban Dictionary

A command listed even if no one pays attention to it, anyway. Mainly there to protect the stupid. Urban Dictionary

Talking directly towards someone Urban Dictionary

A thing that a penis / leg does when underneith covers, especially in hotel rooms, or when a penis directly touches something Urban Dictionary

Someone who has a sickly precise sense of direction. Someone who can find where they parked blindfolded, spun around three times and drunk. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Direction

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The word "direction" in example sentences

Whether A move towards B, or B move in the opposite direction towards A, a current, and in both cases having the same _direction_, will result. ❋ Michael Faraday (1829)

If you look at double magnitude, float direction): float direction, bool isNull) {_direction = direction; ❋ Gio Bejarasco (2008)

The new Motor Act does not encourage practice in driving a car backwards but skill in this direction is always desirable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And yes, going too far the other direction is a problem, too. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Coppola makes the story better and his direction is almost flawless. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Now, the direction is average, as well as the cinematography, sound, and the other technical aspects of the movie. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Driving time either direction is about two and a half hours. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Any step in this direction is a step towards eliminating abortions through obsolescence -- even if we can't practically manage it in 100% of cases, we should be able to get aribrarily close to that goal. ❋ Unknown (2005)

We still have some important problems to clarify but the direction is there and we'd like to move and move as soon as possible. ❋ Unknown (1974)

A significant endeavour in this direction is the recently announced "Game Plan '76" which has the aim of putting Canadian athletes in the top 10 nations in point standing at the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976. ❋ Unknown (1972)

But the direction is the one already set, harmony with Man and the Earth, and we shall follow with high expectations this remarkable poetry, which with the overflowing vitality of an awakening continent resembles one of its rivers, growing all the mightier and more majestic the closer it approaches the estuary and the sea. ❋ Unknown (1972)

A major frustration in seeking to move in this direction is the way in which government treats capital, so carefully separated from and forgotten by operating accounts, a free resource -- once you have it. ❋ Unknown (1970)

Whether and, if so, how far and in what way such "unorganized inductors" (for it would be a contradiction in terms to speak here of "organizers") determine the direction is at the moment one of the most interesting but also most difficult questions. ❋ Unknown (1965)

I am not herewith proposing that such an accelerator should be built, but one step in this direction is the recent authorization of a two-mile-long linear accelerator at Stanford University. ❋ Unknown (1962)

One of the first big accomplishments in this direction is the adoption of the all-wheel drive in all tactical vehicles. ❋ Unknown (1941)

All observations tend to show that a change in this direction is already at work, nay, has been so for a considerable length of time, and with increasing symptoms of success, as the observations of Mr. Raven-wing, Mr. Yellow-beak, and Mr. Grey-legs must have convinced you. ❋ Unknown (1857)

As it turns out, it is a good thing his goal was not to predict the short term direction of the market because he was several months too early in terms of identifying the market bottom which finally arrived in March 2009.

Robert Southey if you will have the goodness to write before the fourteenth of October my direction is at Miss Tylers ❋ Unknown (1792)

The "direction" is distance from the trunk measured in number of branchings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Do you have a direction (kivun) in [50]? (Can I [purchase] drugs in 50 [NIS]?) ❋ Spiel Brickner (2005)

An erection lasted so long [he died] . Did you go to [Gordo's] [funeral]? Yeah he died from a direction ! ❋ Baileeybarnacles (2010)

Look at all these posers with their [directional] [haircuts]. I wish I was in [Wigan]. ❋ Bobby Tables (2009)

"I have to put my [directional] on for this [left hand] [turn]" ❋ WickedNH (2004)

[Myah] [shaded] me on Snapchat and didnt @ me and she wasn’t being [direct] ❋ Lmaooojaiiidda (2018)

Dan is [a real man]; when he gets lost, he doesn't ask for [directions] like [some pussy]. ❋ Superman13 (2008)

Directions for [Dial] soap: use like regular soap. Directions for [hair dryer]: do not use while sleeping. Directions for frozen dinner: [defrost]. Directions on a packet of peanuts: open packet. Eat nuts. ❋ Bulletproof Marshmallow (2003)

“ [Jazmine] [shaded] me on Twitter today but she didn’t @ me and [said it] directly” ❋ CiaraMaraj (2018)

" dude dont put those [boxers] [on your head]! his direct [penis] was on that!" ❋ Boober101 (2007)

Randy: Dude, where's my car? [Monique]: [Third floor], [row] 6, spot 9. Jack: Damn, your girl is more directional than you... does she have a sister? ❋ Bwhahaha (2008)

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