1. bearing; guidance, supervision; conducting; management; educating, instructing. direction\di*rec"tion\ , n. [l. directio: cf. f. direction.].
2. the act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o public affairs or of a bank. i do commit his youth to your direction. all nature is but art, unknown to thee; ll chance, direction, which thou canst not see:
3. 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. b. xxi.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. the body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
7. (gun.) 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.
8. The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o&?; public affairs or of a bank.
9. That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
13. The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; distinguished from elevation.
14. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. 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" a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them" 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".
15. 1. A direction is the general line that someone or something is moving or pointing in. St Andrews was ten miles in the opposite direction He drove off in the direction of Larry's shop The instruments will register every change of direction or height.
16. A direction is the general way in which something develops or progresses. They threatened to walk out if the party did not change direction.
17. Directions are instructions that tell you what to do, how to do something, or how to get somewhere. I should know by now not to throw away the directions until we've finished cooking.
18. The direction of a film, play, or television programme is the work that the director does while it is being made. His failures underline the difference between theatre and film direction. see also:
direct.
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