Direction

Definition

direction /dǝ'rekʃn, dÇ-, daÇ-/ n ၁။ [C, U] (က) ဦးတည္ရာ။ ေရွး႐ႈရာ။ ဘက္။ လမ္းေၾကာင္း။ အလား။ Tom went off in one direction and Harry in another. ❍The aircraft was flying in a northerly direction. ❍ We looked in the direction of the sea. ❍When the police arrived, the crowd scattered in all directions. ❍ Has the wind changed direction? ❍ I've no sense of direction—I'm always getting lost. (ခ) ဦးတည္ခ်က္။ ရည္မွန္းခ်က္။ new directions in current research ❍ That is the present direction of government thinking. ❍We're making changes in various directions (ie of various types). ❍ We need a government with a clear sense of direction (ie that knows exactly what it wants to achieve). ❍ We've raised £200 for the project. It's not much but it's a step in the right direction. ၂။ [U] လမ္းၫႊန္မႈ။ ဦးေဆာင္မႈ။ စီမံမႈ။ He did the work under my direction. ❍ She was entrusted with the direction of the project. ❍ He feels the need for firm direction (ie wants sb to guide and advise him). ၃။ [C usu pl ] အၫႊန္း။ လမ္းၫႊန္။ I couldn't find the hotel so I asked a policeman for directions. ❍ Simple directions for assembling the model are printed on the box. ❏ directional /-ʃǝnl/ adj ရပ္ၫႊန္းတစ္ခုတည္းကို ဦးတည္ထား ေသာ။ a directional aerial (ie one that transmits or receives radio signals in one direction only).

Examples

1. Are you sure we’re going in the right direction?
2. [change direction] : The wind has changed direction.
3. [in a southerly/easterly etc direction] : The River Leadon flows in a southerly direction.
4. [in all directions/in every direction] : The birds scattered in all directions.
5. [in the direction of someone/something] : We drove off in the direction of the mountains.
6. [in the opposite direction] : I’d give you a lift
7. but I’m going in the opposite direction.
8. [a sense of direction] : Michelle’s always getting lost because of her terrible sense of direction.
9. Houses here are built facing an easterly direction.
10. [in someone’s/something’s direction] : People walked by without a look in her direction.
11. [follow directions] : Remember to follow the directions on the label.
12. [give someone directions to something] : She gave the driver directions to her house.
13. [give (someone) directions] : His Honour Judge Martin gave the jury clear directions regarding the issue of intent.
14. [direction of] : He was determined to change the direction of the business.
15. [a change of direction] : He was looking for a complete change of direction.
16. [take a direction] : Many Labour supporters are unhappy with the direction the party has taken.
17. [lack direction] : Your life seems to lack direction.
18. [have a sense of direction] : He’s always had a strong sense of direction.
19. Peter was responsible for the general direction of the project.
20. [under the direction of] : The building was designed by William Kent
21. under the personal direction of Henry Richardson.
22. I knew it would be pointless to expect any help from his direction.
23. The evidence is not conclusive
24. but it does point in this direction.