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direction

nounverified·updated May 12, 2026

The management or guidance of someone or something.

polysemousNY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)

Senses

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the act of setting and holding a course

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the act of managing something

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the concentration of attention or energy on something

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a general course along which something has a tendency to develop

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

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a message describing how something is to be done

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a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

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a line leading to a place or point

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the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

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Variants

synonym
centeringchargeguidanceinstructionmanagementsteeringway
alternatephrasing
Direction
plural
directions
possessive
direction's
pluralpossessive
directions'