different between direction vs organisation

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)

1. 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.

2. A general trend for future action.
3. Guidance, instruction.

4. The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.

5. (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
6. (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.

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)

1. (spatial) direction
2. (figuratively) direction
3. government
4. (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
5. (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)

1. direction (orientation, point where one is headed)
2. direction, leadership, control, supervision

English

Alternative forms

• organization (American)

Etymology

From Middle French organisation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).??n.a??ze?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?????n??ze???n/

Noun

organisation (countable and uncountable, plural organisations)

1. (British spelling, Australian spelling, New Zealand spelling) Standard spelling of organization.

Related terms

• disorganisation
• organisational
• organise

French

Etymology

organiser +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a.ni.za.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: organisations

Noun

organisation f (plural organisations)

1. organization

Derived terms

• Organisation des Nations Unies
• Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord
• organisation non gouvernementale

Related terms

• organisateur

Descendants

• ? German: Organisation
• ? Turkish: organizasyon

Further reading

• “organisation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

organisation c

1. an organization; a group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.

Declension

Related terms

• landsorganisation
• länsorganisation
• organisationsform
• organisationsförmåga
• organisationsteori
• organisatör
• organisatorisk
• organisera
• riksorganisation