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direction
/dɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/
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What does direction mean?
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.
More meanings (3)
noun
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
- (archaic) A person's address.
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IPA pronunciation
/dɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/
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A man who has spent his primal strength in journeying in one direction has not much spirit left for reversing his course.
He pointed out to me how unlikely it was that organic evolution had taken the same direction in the two adjacent planets.
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He did not wait for them to join him, however, instead he wheeled his thoat and came tearing madly in our direction.
Horsemen had departed down all the roads in every direction, and the Sheriff “was confident” that he would be captured before night.
The letter, with a direction hardly legible, to “Miss A. E.—,” was evidently the one which he had been folding so hastily.