direction

Meaning

1. 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).
2. A general trend for future action.
3. Guidance, instruction.
4. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
5. The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
6. A person's address.

Concepts

direction

side

command

instruction

management

order

way

control

guidance

course

administration

orientation

supervision

leadership

trend

place

counsel

injunction

region

tendency

path

part

charge

government

line

quarter

aim

rule

address

advice

route

guide

precept

regulation

ordinance

superintendence

heading

commission

steering

counselling

distance

area

point of the compass

suggestion

lead

leading

bidding

hand

cardinal point

focus

directorate

location

conducting

bearing

towards

dictation

production

aspect

exposure

compass bearing

district

road

teaching

domination

behest

commandment

directive

mandate

summons

operation

position

point

dramatization

staging

quarter of the compass

showing the right way

directorship

centering

focal point

focusing

focussing

counseling

steerage

board of directors

manual

purpose

channel

conduct

conduction

sense

directing

down

face

to

near

enjoinment

approximation

estimate

guess

mark

situation

suitability

compass point

field

bearings

direction giving

guiding

showing

recommendation

where

coercion

compulsion

constraint

dominion

exaction

hold

decree

demand

dictate

edict

fiat

imperative

interdict

interdiction

law

prescription

prohibition

ultimatum

writ

passage

bent

bias

manipulation

principle

vector

enchiridion

hand-book

reference book

driving

persuasion

quarter of the sky

laying down

appointment

disposition

ordering

range

run

bureau

manager’s office

hint

object

inducement

instigation

end

pathway

destination

place to which

site

intendancy

managment

mise en scene

resemble

sending

incense

surrounding

pointing

ruling

corner

sideways

lative case

derivation

running

control function

pilotage

piloting

stage direction

tuition

tutelage

tutorship

rubric

philosophical system

handbook

introduction

school

producing

aiming

fixing

bend

circle

curve

account

bill

information

objective

style

brief

life

board

disposal

surface

advising

direct

instruct

pilot

side with

support

turn towards

turn

until now

land

above

high up

over

unto

half

trail

good sense

meaning

significance

Treasury

board of management

managing

Divine Providence

supervisal

constitution

performance

policy

way to go

work

odds

piece

portion

street

figuratively

person

show

thing

toward

that way

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d(a)ɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/

Etymology

From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin dīrēctiō. Equivalent to direct + -ion.

Sentences

Please read my proposal for the future direction of the business .