direction

1. n. The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank. Source: opted

2. n. That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants. Source: opted

3. n. 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. Source: opted

4. n. 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. Source: opted

5. n. The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors. Source: opted

6. n. 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. Source: opted

7. n. a line leading to a place or point Source: wordnet

8. n. the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves Source: wordnet

9. n. a general course along which something has a tendency to develop Source: wordnet

10. n. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action Source: wordnet

11. n. the act of managing something Source: wordnet

12. n. a message describing how something is to be done Source: wordnet

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