- (n.) The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.
- (n.) The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.
- (n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.
- (n.) The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
- (n.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.
- (n.) The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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