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direction
Overview of noun direction
The noun direction has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (35) direction, way -- (a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home")
2. (19) direction -- (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind")
3. (14) direction -- (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")
4. (5) guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction -- (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action)
5. (3) management, direction -- (the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?")
6. (2) direction, instruction -- (a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them")
7. (1) steering, guidance, direction -- (the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king")
8. commission, charge, direction -- (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury")
9. focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering -- (the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun direction
9 senses of direction
Sense 1
direction, way
=> path, route, itinerary
=> line
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
direction
=> position, spatial relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
direction
=> inclination, disposition, tendency
=> attitude, mental attitude
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
management, direction
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
direction, instruction
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 7
steering, guidance, direction
=> control
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
commission, charge, direction
=> command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
=> concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
=> attention
=> faculty, mental faculty, module
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun direction
9 senses of direction
Sense 1
direction, way
=> bearing, heading, aim
=> course, trend
=> east-west direction
=> north-south direction
=> qibla
=> tendency, trend
Sense 2
direction
=> frontage
=> orientation
=> opposition
=> windward
=> leeward
=> seaward
=> compass point, point
=> north, magnetic north, compass north
Sense 3
direction
=> tenor
Sense 4
guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> road map, guideline
=> career counseling
=> cynosure
=> genetic counseling
=> marriage counseling
=> tip, lead, steer, confidential information, wind, hint
Sense 5
management, direction
=> conducting
=> database management
=> finance
=> homemaking
=> misconduct
=> mismanagement, misdirection
=> treatment, handling
=> supervision, supervising, superintendence, oversight
=> administration, disposal
=> authorization, authorisation, empowerment
=> disenfranchisement
=> channelization, channelisation, canalization, canalisation
=> guidance, steering
Sense 6
direction, instruction
=> rule
=> rule, prescript
=> rubric
=> misdirection
=> address, destination, name and address
=> markup
=> prescription
=> recipe, formula
=> rule
=> stage direction
=> style
=> system command
Sense 7
steering, guidance, direction
=> driving
=> aim
=> navigation, pilotage, piloting
=> celestial guidance
=> inertial guidance, inertial navigation
=> command guidance
=> terrestrial guidance
Sense 8
commission, charge, direction
=> misdirection
Sense 9
focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
=> particularism
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun direction
9 senses of direction
Sense 1
direction, way
=> path, route, itinerary
Sense 2
direction
=> position, spatial relation
Sense 3
direction
=> inclination, disposition, tendency
Sense 4
guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
Sense 5
management, direction
=> social control
Sense 6
direction, instruction
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
Sense 7
steering, guidance, direction
=> control
Sense 8
commission, charge, direction
=> command, bid, bidding, dictation
Sense 9
focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
=> concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
Antonyms of noun direction
Member Holonyms of noun direction
Substance Holonyms of noun direction
Part Holonyms of noun direction
Member Meronyms of noun direction
Substance Meronyms of noun direction
Part Meronyms of noun direction
Meronyms of noun direction
Holonyms of noun direction
Attributes of noun direction
1 of 9 senses of direction
Sense 2
direction
=> incoming (vs. outgoing)
=> outgoing (vs. incoming)
Derived Forms of noun direction
Domain of noun direction
Domain Terms of noun direction
Familiarity of noun direction
direction used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun direction
9 senses of direction
Sense 1
direction, way
> path, route, itinerary
=> feeder line
=> main line
=> track, data track
=> air lane, flight path, airway, skyway
=> traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern
=> flight path
=> beat, round
=> bus route
=> line of flight
=> line of march
=> orbit, celestial orbit
=> orbit, electron orbit
=> paper route, paper round
=> beeline
=> circuit
=> crosscut
=> supply line, supply route
=> line of fire
=> migration route, flyway
=> fairway
=> direction, way
=> trade route
HAS INSTANCE=> Northwest Passage
Sense 2
direction
> position, spatial relation
=> occlusion
=> tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning
=> gradient, slope
=> placement, arrangement
=> point of view
=> coincidence
=> dead center, dead centre
=> centrality
=> marginality
=> anteriority
=> posteriority
=> outwardness, externality
=> inwardness
=> malposition, misplacement
=> northernness
=> southernness
=> horizontality
=> verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness
=> slot
=> room, way, elbow room
=> direction
=> angular position
Sense 3
direction
> inclination, disposition, tendency
=> direction
=> drift, trend, movement
=> Call
=> denominationalism
=> devices
=> sympathy, understanding
=> favoritism, favouritism
=> proclivity, propensity, leaning
=> bent, set
=> literalism
=> perseveration
=> predisposition
=> favor, favour
=> disfavor, disfavour, dislike, disapproval
=> partiality, partisanship
=> impartiality, nonpartisanship
Sense 4
guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> body
=> corker
=> reminder
=> request, petition, postulation
=> memorial
=> latent content
=> subject, topic, theme
=> digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
=> drivel, garbage
=> acknowledgment, acknowledgement
=> refusal
=> information, info
=> guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> commitment, dedication
=> approval, commendation
=> disapproval
=> respects
=> disrespect, discourtesy
=> interpolation, insertion
=> statement
=> statement
=> wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
=> opinion, view
=> direction, instruction
=> proposal
=> offer, offering
=> submission, entry
=> narrative, narration, story, tale
=> promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging
=> sensationalism
=> shocker
Sense 5
management, direction
> social control
=> auto limitation
=> sanction
=> population control
=> government, governing, governance, government activity
=> enforcement
=> domination
=> socialization, socialisation, acculturation, enculturation
=> duty, responsibility, obligation
=> occupation, military control
=> management, direction
=> privation, deprivation
=> appeasement, calming
=> nationalization, nationalisation, communization, communisation
=> denationalization, denationalisation, privatization, privatisation
=> detribalization, detribalisation
=> discrimination, favoritism, favouritism
=> patronage
=> mobilization, mobilisation, militarization, militarisation
=> demobilization, demobilisation
=> standardization, standardisation, normalization, normalisation
=> punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
=> corrections
Sense 6
direction, instruction
> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> body
=> corker
=> reminder
=> request, petition, postulation
=> memorial
=> latent content
=> subject, topic, theme
=> digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
=> meaning, significance, signification, import
=> nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum
=> drivel, garbage
=> acknowledgment, acknowledgement
=> refusal
=> information, info
=> guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction
=> commitment, dedication
=> approval, commendation
=> disapproval
=> respects
=> disrespect, discourtesy
=> interpolation, insertion
=> statement
=> statement
=> wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
=> opinion, view
=> direction, instruction
=> proposal
=> offer, offering
=> submission, entry
=> narrative, narration, story, tale
=> promotion, publicity, promotional material, packaging
=> sensationalism
=> shocker
Sense 7
steering, guidance, direction
> control
=> repression
=> crowd control
=> damage control
=> federalization, federalisation
=> flight control
=> flood control
=> imperialism
=> regulation, regulating
=> internal control
=> regulation, regularization, regularisation
=> possession, ownership
=> possession
=> power trip
=> riot control, riot control operation
=> grasping, taking hold, seizing, prehension
=> steering, steerage
=> steering, guidance, direction
=> self-denial, self-discipline, self-control
=> traffic control
=> price-fixing
=> restraint
Sense 8
commission, charge, direction
> command, bid, bidding, dictation
=> countermand
=> order
=> commission, charge, direction
=> commandment
=> injunction
=> behest
=> open sesame
Sense 9
focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
> concentration, engrossment, absorption, immersion
=> focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering
=> specialism
=> study
Meronyms of noun direction
9 senses of direction
Holonyms of noun direction
Grep of noun direction
change of direction
direction
direction finder
directional antenna
directional microphone
directionality
east-west direction
indirection
misdirection
north-south direction
self-direction
sense of direction
stage direction
Grep of adj direction
directional
directionless
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