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Webster's Online English Dictionary

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direction


direction is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o. I do commit his youth To your direction. Shak. All nature is but art, unknown to thee;direction, which thou canst not see. Pope.

[2] That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants. The princes digged the well . . . by the direction of the law giver. Numb. xxi. 18.

[3] The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.

[4] The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.

[5] The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.

[6] The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. Wilhelm.


Synonyms:

administration
command
government
guidance
guide
management
order
oversight
superintendence
cle

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