Direction ¹

Definition: The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.

Direction ²

Definition: That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.

Direction ³

Definition: 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.

Direction ⁴

Definition: 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.

Direction ⁵

Definition: The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.

Direction ⁶

Definition: 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.

direction ⁷

Definition: the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

direction ⁸

Definition: the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"

direction ⁹

Definition: the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"

direction ¹⁰

Definition: 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"

direction ¹¹

Definition: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

direction ¹²

Definition: a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"

direction ¹³

Definition: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge''s charge to the jury"

direction ¹⁴

Definition: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn''t know the way home"

direction ¹⁵

Definition: the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"