direction

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a line leading to a place or point
Noun: the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
Noun: a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
Noun: something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
Noun: the act of managing something
Noun: a message describing how something is to be done
Noun: the act of setting and holding a course
Noun: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
Noun: the concentration of attention or energy on something

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She asked for the direction to the nearest station.(彼女は最寄り駅への道順を尋ねた。)
The wind changed its direction suddenly.(風が突然方向を変えた。)
He gave clear direction during the meeting.(彼は会議で明確な指示を出した。)

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he looked the other direction
Noun: didn’t know the way home
Noun: he checked the direction and velocity of the wind
Noun: I couldn’t follow the direction of his thoughts
Noun: his ideals determined the direction of his career
Noun: they proposed a new direction for the firm
Noun: he was given overall management of the program
Noun: is the direction of the economy a function of government?
Noun: he gave directions faster than she could follow them
Noun: a new council was installed under the direction of the king
Noun: the judge’s charge to the jury
Noun: the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology
Noun: he had no direction in his life

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): centering, charge, commission, counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing, guidance, instruction, management, steering, way

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): command, concentration, control, inclination, message, path, position, social control

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): acknowledgment, air lane, angular position, anteriority, appeasement, approval, auto limitation, beat, beeline, behest, bent, body, bus route, call, centrality, circuit, coincidence, commandment, commission, commitment, corker, corrections, countermand, crosscut, crowd control, damage control, dead center, demobilization, denationalization, denominationalism, detribalization, devices, digression, direction, disapproval, discrimination, disfavor, disrespect, domination, drift, drivel, duty, enforcement, fairway, favor, favoritism, federalization, feeder line, flight control, flight path, flood control, focus, government, gradient, grasping, guidance, horizontality, impartiality, imperialism, information, injunction, internal control, interpolation, inwardness, latent content, line of fire, line of flight, line of march, literalism, main line, malposition, management, marginality, meaning, memorial, migration route, mobilization, narrative, nationalization, nonsense, northernness, occlusion, occupation, offer, open sesame, opinion, orbit, order, outwardness, paper route, partiality, patronage, perseveration, placement, point of view, population control, possession, posteriority, power trip, predisposition, price-fixing, privation, proclivity, promotion, proposal, punishment, refusal, regulation, reminder, repression, request, respects, restraint, riot control, room, sanction, self-denial, sensationalism, shocker, slot, socialization, southernness, specialism, standardization, statement, steering, study, subject, submission, supply line, sympathy, tilt, track, trade route, traffic control, traffic pattern, verticality, wit

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): address, administration, aim, authorization, bearing, career counseling, celestial guidance, channelization, command guidance, compass point, conducting, course, cynosure, database management, disenfranchisement, driving, east, east-west direction, finance, frontage, genetic counseling, guidance, homemaking, inertial guidance, leeward, markup, marriage counseling, misconduct, misdirection, mismanagement, navigation, north, north-south direction, northeast, northwest, opposition, orientation, particularism, prescription, qibla, recipe, road map, rubric, rule, seaward, south, southeast, southwest, stage direction, style, supervision, system command, tendency, tenor, terrestrial guidance, tip, treatment, west, windward

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: center, charge, commission, commissioner, counsel, focus, instructional, manage, steer

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: law

Usage Category: literary

Usage Context: conversation

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): tion

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: