DIRECTION

noun Date: 15th century guidance or supervision of action or conduct ; management , superscription , 3. an explicit instruction ; order , assistance in pointing out the proper route, the line or course on which something is moving or is aimed to move or along which something is pointing or facing, directorate 1, 6. a channel or direct course of thought or action, tendency , trend , a guiding, governing, or motivating purpose, 7. the art and technique of directing an orchestra, band, or a show (as for stage or screen), a word, phrase, or sign indicating the appropriate tempo, mood, or intensity of a passage or movement in music, ~less adjective ~lessness noun