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direction(s)

NOUN
instructions, guidance
Synonyms
WEAK
advice advisement assignment briefing directive guidelines indication lowdown notification plan prescription recommendation regulation sealed order specification specs steer summons tip word
Antonyms
WEAK
misdirection misinstruction
directions
NOUN
instructions, guidance
Synonyms
WEAK
advice advisement assignment briefing directive guidelines indication lowdown notification plan prescription recommendation regulation sealed order specification specs steer summons tip word
Antonyms
WEAK
misdirection misinstruction
NOUN
management
Synonyms
STRONGEST
control guidance leadership order
STRONG
administration charge command government oversight superintendence supervision
Antonyms
WEAK
deviation misdirection wrong way
NOUN
course, route
Synonyms
STRONGEST
angle area aspect line objective orientation outlook path trend way
STRONG
aim bearing beeline bent bias current drift end inclination proclivity range region road set side slant spot standpoint stream tack tendency tide track trajectory viewpoint
WEAK
point of compass that-a-way
Antonyms
WEAK
deviation misdirection wrong way

Example Sentences

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Reading a summary of their ruling, judges said the jurors at trial had "not been properly directed" and the directions given to them on how to reach a verdict were "defective".

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Instead of increasing together, the two properties moved in opposite directions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

Russia's Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and army chief Valery Gerasimov have been instructed to "cease hostilities in all directions during this period", the Kremlin said.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

Moreover, I didn’t buy some developments in the final act, which goes in unlikely directions and leaves her character at an unsatisfying position between two moral possibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Once, when we were eight, a city fellow in a straw hat and red suspenders stopped and asked us directions.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney