• the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the Direction of the king"
• the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the Direction of the economy a function of government?"
• the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no Direction in his life"
• 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"
• something that provides Direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
• a message describing how something is to be done; "he gave Directions faster than she could follow them"
• a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something; "the judge''s charge to the jury"
• a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other Direction"; "didn''t know the way home"
• the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves; "he checked the Direction and velocity of the wind"

'Direction' in other languages