Etimology
From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin dīrēctiō. Equivalent to direct + -ion.
noun
direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions)
A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
A general trend for future action.
Guidance, instruction.
The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
(dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
(archaic) A person's address.
Examples
Keep going in the same direction.
Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair.
Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
The trombonist looked to the bandleader for direction.
The screenplay was good, but the direction was weak.
Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.
Related words
related terms
direct