Antonyms for direction


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-rek-shuh n, dahy-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈrɛk ʃən, ˈdaɪ-


Definition of direction

Origin :
  • c.1400, "orderly arrangement;" c.1500 as "action of directing," from Latin directionem (nominative directio), noun of action from past participle stem of dirigere (see direct (v.)). Meaning "course pursued by a moving object" is from 1660s. Related: Directional.
  • noun management
  • noun course, route
Example sentences :
  • The true remedy is not to be sought in that direction in the one case any more than the other.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • The view was very extensive but not promising--spinifex being in every direction.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • Spinifex in every direction, and the country very miserable and unpromising.
  • Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
  • It seemed to come from the direction of Malbone's room, which was in the third story.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • Your aunt has been forced to engage not to interfere but by your father's direction.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • They have asked for discipline and direction under leadership.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • But it is in the direction of Turkey that all the solid advances are made.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
  • She instantly thrust in her head and snorted in the direction of the stranger.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He noted the direction of Andrew's eyes while he jotted down the items.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • The direction of its course for four miles, was nearly southward.
  • Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell

Synonyms for direction

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