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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)

  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

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transaction

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French transaccion, from Late Latin transactio.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: tr?n-z?k'sh?n, IPA(key): /t?æn?zæk??n/
  • Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

transaction (plural transactions)

  1. The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
    The transaction was made on Friday with the supplier.
  2. A deal or business agreement. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. An exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
    I made the transaction with the vendor as soon as she showed me the pearls.
  4. (finance) The transfer of funds into, out of, or from an account.
  5. (computing) An atomic operation; a message, data modification, or other procedure that is guaranteed to perform completely or not at all (e.g. a database transaction).
  6. (especially in plural) A record of the proceedings of a learned society.
  7. (in transactional analysis) A social interaction.

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • piece of the action

Anagrams

  • incantators

French

Etymology

From Latin transactio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t???.zak.sj??/

Noun

transaction f (plural transactions)

  1. transaction (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading

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

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