direction
a line leading to a place or point
How often you will meet it
Rank 881 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 20,908 times across 175,177 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a line leading to a place or point also: way he looked the other directiondidn'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
- a general course along which something has a tendency to develop I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughtshis ideals determined the direction of his career
- something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action also: guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling
- the act of managing something also: management he was given overall management of the programis the direction of the economy a function of government?
- a message describing how something is to be done also: instruction he gave directions faster than she could follow them
direction in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Bobby hurried down the road in the direction of the Cedars.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Posses went in every direction, and not a stone was left unturned.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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Mr. Stiles gave her a significant glance, and screwing up his lips nodded in the direction of Mr. Burton.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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At the same moment, a man stepped out from the shadow of a tree and walked slowly in the same direction.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Soda-water corks are popping and flying about in every direction, like a miniature battery pointed against the assaults of the horrid enemy!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1