direction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a line leading to a place or point
he looked the other direction
Types & categories
- route hypernym
- bearing hyponym
- trend hyponym
- east-west direction hyponym
- north-south direction hyponym
- qibla hyponym
- trend hyponym
Sense 2 noun
the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
he checked the direction and velocity of the wind
Types & categories
- spatial relation hypernym
- frontage hyponym
- orientation hyponym
- opposition hyponym
- windward hyponym
- leeward hyponym
- seaward hyponym
- compass point hyponym
- magnetic north hyponym
- north hyponym
- northeast hyponym
- east hyponym
- southeast hyponym
- south hyponym
- southwest hyponym
- west hyponym
- northwest hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts
Types & categories
- inclination hypernym
- tenor hyponym
Sense 4 noun
something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
Types & categories
- subject matter hypernym
- road map hyponym
- career counseling hyponym
- cynosure hyponym
- genetic counseling hyponym
- marriage counseling hyponym
- steer hyponym
Related & opposite
- counsel derivation
Sense 5 noun
the act of managing something
he was given overall management of the program
Types & categories
- social control hypernym
- conducting hyponym
- database management hyponym
- finance hyponym
- homemaking hyponym
- misconduct hyponym
- mismanagement hyponym
- treatment hyponym
- supervision hyponym
- administration hyponym
- empowerment hyponym
- disenfranchisement hyponym
- channelization hyponym
- steering hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
a message describing how something is to be done
he gave directions faster than she could follow them
Types & categories
- subject matter hypernym
- rule hyponym
- prescript hyponym
- rubric hyponym
- misdirection hyponym
- name and address hyponym
- markup hyponym
- prescription hyponym
- recipe hyponym
- rule hyponym
- stage direction hyponym
- style hyponym
- system command hyponym
Related & opposite
- instructional derivation
Sense 7 noun
the act of setting and holding a course
a new council was installed under the direction of the king
Types & categories
- control hypernym
- driving hyponym
- aim hyponym
- navigation hyponym
- celestial guidance hyponym
- inertial guidance hyponym
- command guidance hyponym
- terrestrial guidance hyponym
Related & opposite
- steer derivation
Sense 8 noun
a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
the judge's charge to the jury
Types & categories
- bid hypernym
- misdirection hyponym
Related & opposite
- commissioner derivation
- charge derivation
- appoint derivation
- commission derivation
Sense 9 noun
the concentration of attention or energy on something
the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
Types & categories
- engrossment hypernym
- particularism hyponym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | route |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bearing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | east-west direction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | north-south direction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | qibla |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trend |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | incoming |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | outgoing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spatial relation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | frontage |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | orientation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | opposition |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | windward |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | leeward |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | seaward |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | compass point |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | magnetic north |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | north |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | northeast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | east |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | southeast |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | south |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | southwest |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | west |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | northwest |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclination |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | tenor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | counsel |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | road map |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | career counseling |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cynosure |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | genetic counseling |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | marriage counseling |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | steer |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | handle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | supervise |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | social control |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | conducting |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | database management |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | finance |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | homemaking |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | misconduct |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mismanagement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | treatment |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | supervision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | administration |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | empowerment |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | disenfranchisement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | channelization |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | steering |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | instructional |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | subject matter |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | rule |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | prescript |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | rubric |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | misdirection |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | name and address |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | markup |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | prescription |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | recipe |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | rule |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | stage direction |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | style |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | system command |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | steer |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | driving |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | aim |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | navigation |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | celestial guidance |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | inertial guidance |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | command guidance |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | terrestrial guidance |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | commissioner |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | charge |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | appoint |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | commission |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | bid |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | misdirection |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | rivet |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | concenter |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | center |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | engrossment |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | particularism |