direction   (Sound)

The noun direction has 9 senses

• direction, way -- (a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home")


• direction -- (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind")


• 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")


• guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction -- (something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action)


• 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?")


• direction, instruction -- (a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave directions faster than she could follow them")


• steering, guidance, direction -- (the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king")


• commission, charge, direction -- (a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge's charge to the jury")


• 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")