directional
- adjective
- /dɪˈrɛkʃənl/
- The coach provided directional guidance to help the players understand their roles in the game.
- directional hypothesis
- directional change
- one-directional
Our North Star is to me more directional.
- Our North Star is to me more directional.
- And so I prefer the process of approximation, which is can I just get directional and then iterate?
- Always think about these models is not delivering sort of a level A level truth, but a directional truth.
- Yeah, Jack Burger looks like the nicest, most clear, directional, informative gentleman on the planet in the age of ghosting.
Examples
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As a result, says Ragusin, "That directional role needs to be tempered with humility."
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We used a one-tailed test because our hypothesis was directional and theory-driven.
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Lesson material is developed according to some directional strategy, such as east to west or north to south.
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While this may be the case, the current study did not address directional influences between home and school.
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We learn instead of to be so directional, to ask expansive questions.
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The need for resilient geographical education, which can survive this directional change, is apparent.
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A one-tailed test was used because the theory generated directional predictions.
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Similarly, how will invertebrate populations or communities respond to qualitative, directional changes in habitat?
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Abernathy threw the directional switch, and their car rerouted itself onto the track that veered left.
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The directional placement of grandfathers and their roles in prayers demonstrate a relation with the cardinal directions.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
Giving direction and help to show people what to do or where to go
Giving clear instructions to guide others
A person, action, or plan that aims to reach a clear result
Having a clear direction or purpose
Compounds
- Specialized
A device that sends or receives radio waves mostly in one direction
- Specialized
A microphone that picks up sound mainly from one direction to reduce background noise
- Informal
A microphone that mostly picks up sound from one direction to reduce background noise
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Etymology
The word directional comes from direct and direction, which mean 'to guide' and 'the way'. So when a person, plan, or leader is directional, they give clear guidance and point the group toward a goal.