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direction
English
Etymology
From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin d?r?cti?. Equivalent to direct +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /d(a)????k.??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
direction (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).
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- 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. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
- (archaic) A person's address.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:
- Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:
Derived terms
Related terms
- direct
Translations
Anagrams
- cretinoid
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?r?cti?, d?r?cti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.??k.sj??/
Noun
direction f (plural directions)
- (spatial) direction
- (figuratively) direction
- government
- (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
- (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government
Derived terms
- direction assistée
Related terms
- directeur
- diriger
Descendants
- ? Turkish: direksiyon
Further reading
- “direction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
direction (plural directiones)
- direction (orientation, point where one is headed)
- direction, leadership, control, supervision
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handling
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hændl???/, /?hændl??/
- Hyphenation: hand?ling
Etymology 1
From Middle English handlinge, hondlunge, from Old English handlung (“handling”), equivalent to handle +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch handeling (“trade, operation, action”), German Handlung (“act, action”), Swedish handling (“act, deed, action”).
Noun
handling (countable and uncountable, plural handlings)
- A touching, controlling, managing, using, take care of, etc., with the hand or hands, or as with the hands.
- 1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives
- […] at San Francisco it is warehoused and reshipped to Liverpool, or other foreign market; and in exchange for this wheat, comes back the merchandise which has to pass through all these shipments, reshipments, warehousings, handlings, &c.
- 1864, Oregon. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives
- (art) The mode of using the pencil or brush; style of touch.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairholt to this entry?)
- A criminal offence, the trade in stolen goods.
Derived terms
- double-handling
- request-handling
Related terms
- handling charge
- handling fee
Translations
Etymology 2
From handle.
Verb
handling
- present participle of handle
Danish
Noun
handling
- action, act
Declension
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From handle +? -ing
Noun
handling f or m (definite singular handlinga or handlingen, indefinite plural handlinger, definite plural handlingene)
- an act, deed
- action
- the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
- shopping; the action of visiting shops
Derived terms
- terrorhandling
- voldshandling
References
- “handling” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From handle +? -ing
Noun
handling f (definite singular handlinga, indefinite plural handlingar, definite plural handlingane)
- an act, deed
- action
- the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
- shopping; the action of visiting shops
Derived terms
- terrorhandling
- valdshandling
References
- “handling” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
handla +? -ing
Pronunciation
Noun
handling c
- an act, a deed
- an act, a document
- action
- the plot or storyline, in a work of fiction
- shopping; the action of visiting shops
Declension
Derived terms
- terrorhandling
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