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di·rec·tion

 (dĭ-rĕk′shən, dī-)
n.
1. The management, supervision, or guidance of a group or operation: The manager's direction of the sales campaign has been highly effective.
2. The art or action of directing a musical, theatrical, or cinematic production.
3.
a. An authoritative order or command: The supervisor shouted directions to employees in the warehouse.
b. Music A word or phrase in a score indicating how a passage is to be played or sung.
c. directions Instructions in how to do something or reach a destination: read the directions before assembling the grill; asked for directions in how to get to the lake.
4.
a. The course along which a person or thing is moving or must move to reach a destination: The boat left the bay and sailed in a northerly direction.
b. The point toward which a person or thing faces or is oriented: The twins stood back to back, looking in opposite directions.
5. A course or line of development; a tendency toward a particular end or goal: charting a new direction for the company.
[Middle English, arrangement, from Latin dīrēctiō, dīrēctiōn-, from dīrēctus, past participle of dīrigere, to direct; see direct.]
di·rec′tion·less adj.
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directions

(dɪˈrɛkʃənz; daɪ-)
pl n
(sometimes singular) instructions for doing something or for reaching a place
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Translations
pokyny
retningsanvisning
ohjeet
upute
指示
지시
navodila
färdbeskrivning
การชี้แนะ
hướng dẫn

directions

→ تَوْجِيهات pokyny retningsanvisning Anweisungen οδηγίες indicaciones, instrucciones ohjeet indications upute istruzioni 指示 지시 routebeschrijving (bruks)anvisning instrukcje instruções инструкции färdbeskrivning การชี้แนะ yol tarifi hướng dẫn 说明
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Why she should choose that direction she did not pause to consider.
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From the direction of Tulagi he could see the white sails of a schooner laying a tack across toward Berande.
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