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direction

nounid 2336·updated May 12, 2026
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The management or guidance of someone or something.

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Process60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

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

Framework definitions

NY DFS Part 500 (NYCRR Title 23, Chapter 1, Part 500)1 senseview framework →
§1
The management or guidance of someone or something.
Wordset Dictionary9 sensesview framework →
§1
the act of setting and holding a course
§2
the act of managing something
§3
the concentration of attention or energy on something
§4
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
§5
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
§6
a message describing how something is to be done
§7
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
§8
a line leading to a place or point
§9
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The management or guidance of someone or something.
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