Definition of direction

"direction" in the noun sense

1. direction, way

a line leading to a place or point

"he looked the other direction"

"didn't know the way home"

2. direction

the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

"he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"

3. direction

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"

4. guidance, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction

something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

5. management, direction

the act of managing something

"he was given overall management of the program"

"is the direction of the economy a function of government?"

6. direction, instruction

a message describing how something is to be done

"he gave directions faster than she could follow them"

7. steering, guidance, direction

the act of setting and holding a course

"a new council was installed under the direction of the king"

8. commission, charge, direction

a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

"the judge's charge to the jury"

9. focus, focusing, focussing, focal point, direction, centering

the concentration of attention or energy on something

"the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"

"he had no direction in his life"

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Quotations for direction

Steer not after every mariners direction. [ Proverb ]

All Nature is but art unknown to thee;
All chance direction, which thou canst not see. [ Pope ]

A balloon sent up to ascertain the direction of the wind; any test of public feeling. [ French ]

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. [ Holmes ]

Were one to ask me in which direction I think man strongest, I should say, his capacity to hate. [ Beecher ]

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. [ Oliver Wendell Holmes ]

The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long. [ Dante ]

Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting for ever in one direction. [ Lowell ]

Labour is the instituted means for the methodical development of all our powers under the direction and control of the will. [ Josiah Gilbert Holland (pseudonym Timothy Titcomb) ]

Intellectually, as politically, the direction of all true progress is towards greater freedom, and along an endless succession of ideas. [ Bovee ]

Men and communities in this world are often in the position of Arctic explorers, who are making great speed in a given direction, while the ice-floe beneath them is making greater speed in the opposite. [ John Burroughs ]

Young women, the glory of your life is to do something, and to be something. You may have formed the idea that ease and personal enjoyment are the ends of your life. This is a terrible mistake. Development, in the broadest sense and in the highest direction, is the end of your life. [ J. G. Holland, Pseudonym: Timothy Titcomb ]

Great art dwells in all that is beautiful; but false art omits or changes all that is ugly. Great art accepts Nature as she is, but directs the eyes and thoughts to what is most perfect in her; false art saves itself the trouble of direction by removing or altering whatever is objectionable. [ John Ruskin ]

Liberty, and not theology, is the enthusiasm of the nineteenth century. The very men who would once have been conspicuous saints are now conspicuous revolutionists, for while their heroism and disinterestedness are their own, the direction which these qualities take is determined by the pressure of the age. [ H. W. Lecky ]

It deserves to be considered that boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences. Whence it is bad in council though good in execution. The right use of bold persons, therefore, is that they never command in chief, but serve as seconds, under the direction of others. For in council it is good to see dangers, and in execution not to see them unless they are very great. [ Bacon ]

direction in Scrabble®

The word direction is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters direction:

DIRECTION
(117)
DIRECTION
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

citrine, crinoid, diction, diorite, edition, incited, inciter, inditer, nitride, noticed

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word direction

DIRECTION
(117)
DIRECTION
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DIRECTION
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DIRECTION
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DIRECTION
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DIRECTION
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DIRECTION
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DIRECTION
(14)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In direction

DIRECTION
(117)
DIRECTION
(117)
INCITED
(90 = 40 + 50)
CRINOID
(90 = 40 + 50)
DICTION
(90 = 40 + 50)
NOTICED
(90 = 40 + 50)
CRINOID
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DICTION
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NOTICED
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INCITER
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CRINOID
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CITRINE
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CITRINE
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NOTICED
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NOTICED
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INCITED
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CRINOID
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NOTICED
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INCITED
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DICTION
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INCITED
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NOTICED
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INCITED
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DICTION
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CRINOID
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INCITED
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CRINOID
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CRINOID
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DICTION
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NOTICED
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EDITION
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NITRIDE
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INDITER
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DICTION
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DIORITE
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CITRINE
(80 = 30 + 50)
INCITER
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CITRINE
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INDITER
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CITRINE
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CITRINE
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CRINOID
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DICTION
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INCITED
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CITRINE
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INCITER
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INCITER
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NOTICED
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DICTION
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INCITER
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NITRIDE
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INCITER
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DIORITE
(80 = 30 + 50)
DIRECTION
(78)
CRINOID
(78 = 28 + 50)
INCITED
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DIRECTION
(78)
NITRIDE
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EDITION
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NITRIDE
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EDITION
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CITRINE
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INDITER
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INDITER
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NITRIDE
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INCITER
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INDITER
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INCITED
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CITRINE
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CITRINE
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NOTICED
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DICTION
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INDITER
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DICTION
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DICTION
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CITRINE
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DICTION
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CRINOID
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DICTION
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INCITER
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CITRINE
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INCITED
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CRINOID
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INCITED
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NOTICED
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NOTICED
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INCITER
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CITRINE
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CITRINE
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CITRINE
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DIORITE
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direction in Words With Friends™

The word direction is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters direction:

DIRECTION
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (10 words)

citrine, crinoid, diction, diorite, edition, incited, inciter, inditer, nitride, noticed

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word direction

DIRECTION
(162)
DIRECTION
(96)
DIRECTION
(96)
DIRECTION
(72)
DIRECTION
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DIRECTION
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DIRECTION
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DIRECTION
(54)
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(54)
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(52)
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DIRECTION
(44)
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(32)
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(30)
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(28)
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(16)
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(15)
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(15)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In direction

DIRECTION
(162)
NOTICED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DICTION
(107 = 72 + 35)
INCITED
(101 = 66 + 35)
CRINOID
(101 = 66 + 35)
INCITER
(98 = 63 + 35)
CITRINE
(98 = 63 + 35)
DIRECTION
(96)
DIRECTION
(96)
CRINOID
(95 = 60 + 35)
CITRINE
(92 = 57 + 35)
DICTION
(89 = 54 + 35)
INCITED
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INCITED
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NOTICED
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CRINOID
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CRINOID
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CRINOID
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CITRINE
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INCITER
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INCITED
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DICTION
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INCITED
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NOTICED
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DICTION
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CRINOID
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NOTICED
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CRINOID
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NOTICED
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NOTICED
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INDITER
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EDITION
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CITRINE
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INCITER
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CITRINE
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INCITED
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NOTICED
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DIORITE
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NOTICED
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INCITED
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NITRIDE
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INDITER
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CITRINE
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CITRINE
(73 = 38 + 35)
INCITER
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DIRECTION
(72)
DIRECTION
(72)
NITRIDE
(71 = 36 + 35)
INDITER
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NORDIC
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CINDER
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DICTION
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DIORITE
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NOTICED
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IRENIC
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IRONIC
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DICIER
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DIRECTION
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COINED
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CITRINE
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CITRINE
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INDITER
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Words within the letters of direction

2 letter words in direction (10 words)

9 letter words in direction (Anagrams) (2 words)

direction + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving direction

Shorter words in direction

re ire dire direct

on ion

Longer words containing direction

codirection codirectional codirectionally

codirection codirections

directional bidirectional bidirectionally

directional codirectional codirectionally

directional directionality

directional directionally bidirectionally

directional directionally codirectionally

directional multidirectional

directional nondirectional

directional omnidirectional

directional undirectional

directional unidirectional

directionless

directions codirections

directions indirections

directions misdirections

directions redirections

directions selfdirections

indirection indirections

misdirection misdirections

nondirection nondirectional

redirection redirections

selfdirection selfdirections