directions

British

/ daɪ-, dɪˈrɛkʃənz /

plural noun

(sometimes singular) instructions for doing something or for reaching a place

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Morehead outlined his case for why AI and crypto are closely linked — even though valuations in the two sectors have moved in opposite directions — while speaking at Alchemy’s crypto conference in New York.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Sandwiched between economic powerhouses Cardiff and Bristol, its booming population has been fuelled by incomers from both directions, reshaping Newport's property landscape.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

As of 10 a.m., a hard closure was in place for Carbon Canyon Road in both directions from Brea Hills Avenue to Ruby Street.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

“The Cost of Divorce” is the name of a new series examining what tears marriages apart, and the many directions the damaging ripples spread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

The directions she had been following were gone.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023