Direction Meaning
/dɪˈɹɛk.ʃən/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
nounA general trend for future action.
Sentence Examples
You have no sense of direction.
What direction does your house face?
They headed in the direction of the village.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The scout pointed in the ____ of the hidden river deep in the forest.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You have no sense of ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin dīrēctiō. Equivalent to direct + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was off for a three days' cruise up the lake. I was bitterly regretting I had not gone with him when the distant notes of a coach horn reached my ear, and I descried a four-in-hand winding its way up the inn road from the direction of Mohair."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction."
— 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
"I shall not rest satisfied with merely employing my capital in insuring ships. I shall buy up some good Life Assurance shares, and cut into the Direction."
— 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Great Expectations […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 46:
"Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction."
— 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 218:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The scout pointed in the ____ of the hidden river deep in the forest.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You have no sense of ____.