Definition of "direction" noun countable and uncountable , plural directions
A theoretical line (physically or mentally ) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination . May be relative (e .g . up , left , outbound , dorsal ), geographical (e .g . north ), rotational (e .g . clockwise ), or with respect to an object or location (e .g . toward Boston ). quotations examples
Quotations Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point , a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market -house . When their paths converged , Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her , it having been already his intention to walk in this direction .
1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […]