DIRECTION Synonyms

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back

• an impetuous rush toward someone or something

• (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

• the price charged for some article or service

• the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

• attention and management implying responsibility for safety

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group

• a person committed to your care

• financial liabilities (such as a tax)

• (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• request for payment of a debt

• a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

• an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

• heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

• a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

• to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

• blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

• demand payment

• move quickly and violently

• assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

• file a formal charge against

• make an accusatory claim

• fill or load to capacity

• enter a certain amount as a charge

• cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

• give over to another for care or safekeeping

• pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

• lie down on command, of hunting dogs

• cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

• place a heraldic bearing on

• provide (a device) with something necessary

• direct into a position for use

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

• instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

• instruct or command with authority

• attribute responsibility to

• set or ask for a certain price

• cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

• energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

• saturate

• a special group delegated to consider some matter

• a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as distinguished from a salary)

• the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions

• the state of being in good working order and ready for operation

• a group of representatives or delegates

• a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

• an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces

• the act of committing a crime

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group

• put into commission; equip for service; of ships

• place an order for

• charge with a task

• a lawyer who pleads cases in court

• something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

• give advice to

• something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

• something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• the act of bringing into focus

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• a message describing how something is to be done

• the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill

• the profession of a teacher

• (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program

• the act of managing something

• those in charge of running a business

• the act of guiding or showing the way

• the act of setting and holding a course

• the act of steering a ship

• how something is done or how it happens

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• a line leading to a place or point

• the condition of things generally

• a course of conduct

• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

• a journey or passage

• space for movement

• the property of distance in general

• doing as one pleases or chooses

• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

• a portion of something divided into shares

• to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• the concentration of attention or energy on something