direction

direction is a 9-letter English word with 15 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.
2. noun. That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.
3. noun. The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.
4. noun. The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.
5. noun. The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
6. noun. The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.
7. noun. the act of setting and holding a course

   "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

   Synonyms: guidance, steering

8. noun. the act of managing something

   "he was given overall management of the program"

   "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"

   Synonyms: management

9. noun. the concentration of attention or energy on something

   "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"

   "he had no direction in his life"

   Synonyms: centering, focus, focusing, focussing

10. noun. 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"

11. noun. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

    Synonyms: counsel, counseling, counselling, guidance

12. noun. a message describing how something is to be done

    "he gave directions faster than she could follow them"

    Synonyms: instruction

13. noun. a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

    "the judge's charge to the jury"

    Synonyms: charge, commission

14. noun. a line leading to a place or point

    "he looked the other direction"

    "didn't know the way home"

    Synonyms: way

15. noun. the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

    "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"

Synonyms

guidance, steering, management, centering, focus, focusing, focussing, counsel, counseling, counselling, instruction, charge, commission, way

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in direction:

cretinoid

Common word forms

directions, directional, directionize, directionless

Words from these letters

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