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# direction

«direction» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way something goes, faces or points, like north…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (direction, directions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A direction is the way something goes, faces or points, like north, left, up or forwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#m1)

2) Directions are instructions that tell you how to get somewhere, or how to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#m2)

3) Direction is also leading or guiding people, like a film director does. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: ways of moving — same or opposite direction changes how distances add or subtract; compass directions; turning clockwise and anticlockwise; following directions on a grid. In geography: north, south, east, west on maps. In everyday life: asking for directions, reading the directions on a packet. Phrases: «in the direction of», «opposite direction», «ask for directions», «sense of direction», «follow the directions».

### examples

- Two cars go in opposite directions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#x1)
- They walk in the same direction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#x2)
- Which direction is north? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#x3)
- Follow the directions on the map. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#x4)
- Can you give me directions to the station? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#x5)
- Read the directions before you start the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#x6)
- The wind changed direction. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#x7)
- She has a good sense of direction and never gets lost. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/#x8)

### note

Countable: «a direction». «In this direction», not «to this direction». Maths: opposite directions — the distance between them grows by the sum (distances add); same direction — it grows by the difference (they subtract). Trap: «opposite directions» towards each other also add speeds. Safety: if you get lost, ask a police officer or a shop worker for directions.

### In the corpora

- [Headlines about AI can exaggerate in both directions, overhyping or overscaring, so it is wise to read beyond the headline.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/9/)
- [But the Rat kindly looked in another direction».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/35/)
- [The friends, listening from under a leaf, are worried: even Jaguar cannot forget such clear directions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/82-justso-armadillos-1-painted-jaguar/10/)
- [Reading and spelling are the same skill going in two directions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/2-blending-segmenting-and-the-year-1-check/0/)
- [Every letter has a starting point and a direction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/5-handwriting-holding-the-pencil-and-joining-up/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «direction» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/direction/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.