- Types Of Speech
- You can use direction as a noun in a sentence.
- About Direction
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters c, d, e, i, n, o, r, and t, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter c. Direction starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, di, dir, dire, direc, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ction, ..
- Definition
- The act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- Compound Words
- A compound word, direction has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are direct, and ion.
- School Grade
- Direction is set as a grade four word that starts with d, ends with n, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Direction in Pig Latin is said as "irectionday or irectiondway".
- Unigram
- d | i | r | e | c | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- di | ir | re | ec | ct | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- dir | ire | rec | ect | cti | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- dire | irec | rect | ecti | ctio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of setting and holding a course;
"a new council was installed under the direction of the king" - the act of managing something;
"he was given overall management of the program";
"is the direction of the economy a function of government?" - the concentration of attention or energy on something;
"the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology";
"he had no direction in his life" - a general course along which something has a tendency to develop;
"I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts";
"his ideals determined the direction of his career";
"they proposed a new direction for the firm" - something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
- a message describing how something is to be done;
"he gave directions faster than she could follow them" - a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something;
"the judge's charge to the jury" - a line leading to a place or point;
"he looked the other direction";
"didn't know the way home" - the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves;
"he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abetment | the verbal act of urging on |
| Acting | the performance of a part or role in a drama |
| Action | something done (usually as opposed to something said) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" |
| Actuation | the act of propelling |
| Address | social skill |
| Administering | |
| Administration | the act of administering medication |
| Admonition | cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger) |
| Advice | a proposal for an appropriate course of action |
| Advising |
View all cognitive synonyms for Direction
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Direction | the act of setting and holding a course "a new council was installed under the direction of the king" |
View English words with the unique letters used in direction. Words With The Letters Cdeinort
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Guide | a model or standard for making comparisons |
| Steer | castrated bull |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Control | the activity of managing or exerting control over something "the control of the mob by the police was admirable" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aim | the action of directing something at an object; "he took aim and fired" |
| Celestial Guidance | |
| Command Guidance | |
| Driving | the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal |
| Inertial Guidance | |
| Inertial Navigation | |
| Navigation | the work of a sailor |
| Pilotage | the occupation of a pilot |
| Piloting | the occupation of a pilot |
| Terrestrial Guidance |
Direction Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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