(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is the general line that someone or something is moving or pointing in.
St Andrews was ten miles in the opposite ~...
He drove off in the ~ of Larry’s shop...
The instruments will register every change of ~ or height.
N-VAR: usu with supp
2.
A ~ is the general way in which something develops or progresses.
They threatened to walk out if the party did not change ~...
N-VAR: usu with supp
3.
Directions are instructions that tell you what to do, how to do something, or how to get somewhere.
I should know by now not to throw away the ~s until we’ve finished cooking...
N-PLURAL: with supp
4.
The ~ of a film, play, or television programme is the work that the director does while it is being made.
His failures underline the difference between theatre and film ~.
N-UNCOUNT
5.
see also direct