American English pronunciation
How to pronounce direction
IPA transcription: [dɚ'ɛkʃən]
Pronunciation variants: [dɚ'ɛkʃən][di'ɹɛkʃɪn][daɪ'ɹɛkʃɪn][dɪ'ɹɛkʃɪn]
Hear “direction” pronounced
[daɪ'ɹɛkʃɪn]
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[daɪ'ɹɛkʃɪn]
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[daɪ'ɹɛkʃɪn]
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Noun
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a line leading to a place or point
“he looked the other direction”
“didn't know the way home”
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the act of managing something
“he was given overall management of the program”
“is the direction of the economy a function of government?”
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the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
“he checked the direction and velocity of the wind”
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something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
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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”
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a message describing how something is to be done
“he gave directions faster than she could follow them”
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the concentration of attention or energy on something
“the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology”
“he had no direction in his life”
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the act of setting and holding a course
“a new council was installed under the direction of the king”
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a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
“the judge's charge to the jury”
Usage examples
- Scattered groups of people were hurrying from the direction of Woking.
- Breaking these directions and misuse of any labeled product is breaking the law.
- "Continue in the direction of the Pyramids," said the alchemist.
- A central platform serves trains running in both directions.
- Like a dipole antenna, a monopole has an omnidirectional radiation pattern.
- And the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction.
- Sega added guitars and pushed the band's sound into a more experimental electronic direction.
- Changes in the existing codes are slowly being made in the proposed directions.
- A six-tower directional antenna is used at all times.
- And the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction.