direction

Examples

• All

• Strong college leaders will need to provide ongoing direction and support for either version of contextualization.

  Academic text (2011)

• You will work under the direction of a Japanese engineer.

  The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

• I wish I had more control over the direction of my life.

• You can set direction for any organization or or group.

• If everyone starts pulling in the same direction, Mission could be on its way within the year.

  Fiction book (1996)

• We have here properly reflected that change and pointed the direction for further change.

  Academic text (1990)

• The plan was to unload in the morning, under the direction of the art curators.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Work began in 1831 and was finished by 1835, under the direction of the engineer Manuel Pastor.

  Academic text (2013)

• Romy uses a Vivex camera and a special lab that, under her direction, produces highly saturated colors.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The board of directors provided clear direction on the company's future strategy.

Synonyms

M

management

vsdirection

468 2.9

The way people plan and organize work and resources

is the broader term stressing overall control rather than just process

S

steering

vsdirection

152 1.8

To guide where a vehicle, ship, or group goes

is broader, meaning overall control instead of hands-on course control

G

guidance

vsdirection

101 2.1

Directing the path of something so it stays on course

is less about keeping a course and more about overseeing the whole operation

Antonyms

A

anarchy

79 6.5

A situation with no government and much disorder

C

chaos

• Specialized

14 6.8

A system that is hard to predict because small changes cause big effects

Compounds

S

sense of direction

16 3.7

Knowing where you are and finding your way without a map

S

stage direction

• Specialized

3 3.9

A note in a play script that tells actors and crew how to move, speak, or change lights and scenery

C

change of direction

3 3.2

A move to face or go a different way

D

direction finder

• Specialized

1 6.5

A device that shows which direction a radio signal comes from

D

direction sign

1.6

A sign by the road that shows drivers where places are

E

east-west direction

3.2

A line that runs between east and west

N

north-south direction

3.2

A path or line that goes from north to south

How Managed

to control

∞ 2.4

management

468 2.9

direction

115 1.9

coordination

85 3.5

self-direction

1 6.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology