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direction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | guidance, steering |
| Type of | control |
| Has types | pilotage, piloting, celestial guidance, command guidance, navigation, terrestrial guidance, inertial navigation, aim, driving, inertial guidance |
a new council was installed under the direction of the king.
direction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | centering, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing |
| Type of | immersion, concentration, absorption, engrossment |
| Has types | particularism |
he had no direction in his life.
direction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | management |
| Type of | social control |
| Has types | channelization, administration, authorisation, authorization, canalisation, canalization, channelisation, conducting, database management, disenfranchisement, disposal, empowerment, finance, guidance, handling, homemaking, misconduct, misdirection, mismanagement, oversight, steering, superintendence, supervising, supervision, treatment |
is the direction of the economy a function of government?.
direction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | charge, commission |
| Type of | dictation, bid, command, bidding |
| Has types | misdirection |
direction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | counsel, counseling, counselling, guidance |
| Type of | subject matter, content, substance, message |
| Has types | hint, road map, tip, steer, marriage counseling, cynosure, guideline, wind, confidential information, genetic counseling, career counseling, lead |
direction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | instruction |
| Type of | subject matter, message, substance, content |
| Has types | recipe, misdirection, name and address, rule, rubric, prescription, prescript, system command, destination, address, formula, style, stage direction, markup |
he gave directions faster than she could follow them.
direction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | tendency, disposition, inclination |
| Has types | tenor |
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.
direction::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | spatial relation, position |
| Has types | southeast, south, windward, leeward, seaward, compass point, compass north, magnetic north, north, northeast, northwest, point, opposition, west, orientation, frontage, southwest, east |
he checked the direction and velocity of the wind.
Examples of direction
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Despite months of sluggish hiring, the economy is headed in the right direction.
From the dailyherald.com
We don't know who we are playing, but I like the direction our offense is going.
From the newsday.com
It was the sixth straight day the three commodities moved in the same direction.
From the bloomberg.com
It should create a nice opportunity to get going in the right direction quickly.
From the sacbee.com
Attention will soon turn to economic data from the region for further direction.
From the online.wsj.com
Other students lose direction after taking time off and don't enroll in college.
From the online.wsj.com
How do any of us end up in the work we do or in the direction our lives take us?
From the stltoday.com
Just Go With It makes a feint in that direction, but not enough to fool anybody.
From the chron.com
We're talking direction, deciding what you want and going after it in a big way.
From the sfgate.com
- A line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home"
- The spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
- A general course along which something has a tendency to develop; "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"
- Guidance: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- Management: the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"
- A message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"
- Direction is The Starting Line's third studio album, following Based on a True Story, and was released on July 31, 2007.
- The Alexander technique is an educational discipline with therapeutic effects. It teaches how to get free of self-imposed limitations that were accidentally learned while training a skill or answering a priority. ...
- Direction is the information contained in the relative position of one point with respect to another point without the distance information. ...
