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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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invitation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French invitation, from Latin invitatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n.v??te?.??n/, /?n.v??te?.?n?/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)
- The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
- At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
- A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
- We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.
- Allurement; enticement.
- (fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
- (Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.
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.- 2001, Matthew Granovetter, Pamela Granovetter, The Best of Bridge Today Digest (page 113)
- I assume also that opener would have shown no interest in slam by either bidding 4NT or 50 after the slam invitation of 46.
- 2011, Gerard Cohen, Bridge Is a Conversation: Part I: the Auction (page 71)
- To any other invitation made by the captain, acceptance or refusal of the invitation is exclusively a question of points within the range advertised in the opening statement, and the invitation is always in the last called suit.
- 2001, Matthew Granovetter, Pamela Granovetter, The Best of Bridge Today Digest (page 113)
Synonyms
- (solicitation): invitement (obsolete)
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin invitatio, invitationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.vi.ta.sj??/
Noun
invitation f (plural invitations)
- invitation
Related terms
- inviter
Further reading
- “invitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.vi.ta?tsjon/
Noun
invitation (plural invitationes)
- invitation
invitation From the web:
- what invitation means
- what invitation code
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- what does invitation mean
- what do invitation mean
- what does the word invitation mean
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