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direction(s)

NOUN
instructions, guidance
Synonyms
WEAK
advice advisement assignment briefing directive guidelines indication lowdown notification plan prescription recommendation regulation sealed order specification specs steer summons tip word
Antonyms
WEAK
misdirection misinstruction
directions
NOUN
instructions, guidance
Synonyms
WEAK
advice advisement assignment briefing directive guidelines indication lowdown notification plan prescription recommendation regulation sealed order specification specs steer summons tip word
Antonyms
WEAK
misdirection misinstruction
NOUN
management
Synonyms
STRONGEST
control guidance leadership order
STRONG
administration charge command government oversight superintendence supervision
Antonyms
WEAK
deviation misdirection wrong way
NOUN
course, route
Synonyms
STRONGEST
angle area aspect line objective orientation outlook path trend way
STRONG
aim bearing beeline bent bias current drift end inclination proclivity range region road set side slant spot standpoint stream tack tendency tide track trajectory viewpoint
WEAK
point of compass that-a-way
Antonyms
WEAK
deviation misdirection wrong way

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The findings were published in Current Directions in Psychological Science and suggest clear directions for change at both the personal and societal levels.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2026

Since 2020 New Directions has been putting out bilingual editions of these poems, with “The Complete Works of Ricardo Reis” being the latest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Blue Note’s New Directions band, from 1999, included pianist Jason Moran, then up-and-coming; 20 years later, he produced Mr. Wilkins’s Blue Note debut, “Omega.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

Mandy Stadmiller writes a Substack called Ignore Previous Directions, which focuses on “how to thrive and survive in the creator economy with AI”.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

When we met at the Four Directions Restaurant, she eyed me with immediate disapproval.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan