direction
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(noun) 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" |
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Related Words: disposition, inclination, tendency |
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(noun) a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" |
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Synonyms: instruction |
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Related Words: address, content, destination, formula, markup, message, misdirection, name and address, prescript, prescription, recipe, rule, stage direction, subject matter, substance, system command |
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(noun) a line leading to a place or point: "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home" |
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Synonyms: way |
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Related Words: aim, bearing, course, heading, path, route, tendency, trend |
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(noun) the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
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Related Words: compass north, compass point, leeward, magnetic north, north, opposition, orientation, point, position, spatial relation, windward |
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(noun) the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?" |
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Synonyms: management, managing |
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Related Words: administration, authorisation, authorization, canalisation, canalization, channelisation, channelization, conducting, disenfranchisement, disposal, empowerment, finance, guidance, guiding, handling, homemaking, mismanagement, oversight, social control, steering, superintendence, supervising, supervision, treatment |
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(noun) the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" |
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Synonyms: guidance, steering |
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Related Words: aim, celestial guidance, command guidance, control, controlling, driving, inertial guidance, inertial navigation, motoring, navigation, pilotage, piloting, terrestrial guidance |
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(noun) a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury" |
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Synonyms: charge, commission |
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Related Words: bid, bidding, command, dictation, misdirection |
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(noun) direction or advice as to a decision or course of action |
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Synonyms: counsel, counseling, guidance |
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Related Words: career counseling, confidential information, content, guideline, hint, lead, marriage counseling, message, steer, subject matter, substance, tip, wind |
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