direction
♦♦ di|rec|tion /daɪr'ekʃən/ (directions)
1 [N-VAR] usu with supp
A direction is the general line that someone or something is moving or pointing in.
St Andrews was ten miles in the opposite direction...
He drove off in the direction of Larry's shop...
The instruments will register every change of direction or height.
2 [N-VAR] usu with supp
A direction is the general way in which something develops or progresses.
They threatened to walk out if the party did not change direction...
3 [N-PLURAL] with supp
Directions are instructions that tell you what to do, how to do something, or how to get somewhere.
I should know by now not to throw away the directions until we've finished cooking...
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
The direction of a film, play, or television programme is the work that the director does while it is being made.
His failures underline the difference between theatre and film direction.
5
see also directsense of di|rec|tion
1 [N-SING]
Your sense of direction is your ability to know roughly where you are, or which way to go, even when you are in an unfamiliar place.
He had a poor sense of direction and soon got lost.
2 [N-SING]
If you say that someone has a sense of direction, you mean that they seem to have clear ideas about what they want to do or achieve.
The country now had a sense of direction again.stage di|rec|tion (stage directions)
[N-COUNT]
Stage directions are the notes in the text of a play which say what the actors should do.
1 [N-VAR] usu with supp
A direction is the general line that someone or something is moving or pointing in.
St Andrews was ten miles in the opposite direction...
He drove off in the direction of Larry's shop...
The instruments will register every change of direction or height.
2 [N-VAR] usu with supp
A direction is the general way in which something develops or progresses.
They threatened to walk out if the party did not change direction...
3 [N-PLURAL] with supp
Directions are instructions that tell you what to do, how to do something, or how to get somewhere.
I should know by now not to throw away the directions until we've finished cooking...
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
The direction of a film, play, or television programme is the work that the director does while it is being made.
His failures underline the difference between theatre and film direction.
5
see also directsense of di|rec|tion
1 [N-SING]
Your sense of direction is your ability to know roughly where you are, or which way to go, even when you are in an unfamiliar place.
He had a poor sense of direction and soon got lost.
2 [N-SING]
If you say that someone has a sense of direction, you mean that they seem to have clear ideas about what they want to do or achieve.
The country now had a sense of direction again.stage di|rec|tion (stage directions)
[N-COUNT]
Stage directions are the notes in the text of a play which say what the actors should do.