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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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sway
English
Etymology
Earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old Norse sveigja (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Germanic *swaigijan? (compare Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”), Dutch zwaaien, Dutch Low Saxon sweuen (“to sway in the wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh?- (compare Lithuanian sva?gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan ????????????????????-????????????????????????????? (pairi-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit ?????? (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”).
The noun derived from the verb.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sw?, IPA(key): /swe?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
sway (countable and uncountable, plural sways)
- The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
- A rocking or swinging motion.
- Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
- Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
- Rule; dominion; control; power.
- A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
- The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.
Translations
Verb
sway (third-person singular simple present sways, present participle swaying, simple past and past participle swayed)
- To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
- Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
- To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
- To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
- This was the race / To sway the world, and land and sea subdue.
- To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; warp.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- Let not temporal and little advantages sway you against a more durable interest.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious
- (nautical) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
- To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- The balance sways on our part.
- 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain
- To have weight or influence.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- The example of sundry churches […] doth sway much.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- To bear sway; to rule; to govern.
Derived terms
- asway
Translations
See also
- persuade
Anagrams
- -ways, Yaws, ways, yaws
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