different between direction vs ultimatum

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

Etymology

From Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.t??me?.t?m/

Noun

ultimatum (plural ultimatums or ultimata)

1. A final statement of terms or conditions made by one party to another, especially one that expresses a threat of reprisal or war.

Related terms

• ulterior
• ultimate
• ultra
• ultra-

Translations

See also

• ultimatum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ultimatum in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Cebuano

Etymology

From English ultimatum, from Latin ultimatus (“late, last final”), from Latin ultimus (“extreme, last, furthest, farthest, final”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum

Noun

ultimatum

1. an ultimatum

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ultima?t?m/, [ult?i?mæ?t??m]

Noun

ultimatum n (singular definite ultimatummet, plural indefinite ultimatummer)

1. ultimatum

Inflection

Derived terms

• ultimativ

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin ultimatum, from ultimatus (“late, last final”), from ultim?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.ti?ma?.t?m/
• Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum
• Rhymes: -a?t?m

Noun

ultimatum n (plural ultimatums or ultimata, diminutive ultimatumpje n)

1. ultimatum

Derived terms

• ultimatief

Descendants

• Afrikaans: ultimatum
• ? Indonesian: ultimatum

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yl.ti.ma.t?m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Homophone: ultimatums

Noun

ultimatum m (plural ultimatums)

1. ultimatum

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

ultim?tum

1. accusative supine of ultim?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimata or ultimatumer, definite plural ultimataene or ultimatumene)

1. an ultimatum

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ultimatum n (definite singular ultimatumet, indefinite plural ultimatum, definite plural ultimatuma)

1. an ultimatum

Polish

Etymology

From Latin ultim?tum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ul.ti?ma.tum/

Noun

ultimatum n

1. ultimatum

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) ultymatywny

Further reading

• ultimatum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French ultimatum.

Noun

ultimatum n (plural ultimatumuri)

1. ultimatum

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ultim??tum/
• Hyphenation: ul?ti?ma?tum

Noun

ultimátum m (Cyrillic spelling ??????????)

1. ultimatum

Declension

Swedish

Noun

ultimatum n

1. an ultimatum

Declension

Related terms

• ultimat
• ultimativ

References

• ultimatum in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)