English-French translations for direction

• direction
• instruction
  Madame la Présidente, je suivrai votre instruction et fournirai par conséquent une réponse brève. . Madam President, in light of your direction, I shall keep this answer brief.
  Avez-vous reçu des instructions et avez-vous l’intention d’exercer une pression dynamique sur le Conseil en ce sens? Have you been instructed and do you intend to exert dynamic pressure on the Council in this direction?
  Protéger des formules, des commandes ou des instructions individuelles reviendrait à faire un pas dans la mauvaise direction. Protection for individual formulae, commands or instructions would quite clearly be a step in the wrong direction.
• mise en scène
• notice
• réalisation
• régie
• sens
  Cette directive prend certaines mesures en ce sens. This directive takes certain steps in this direction.
  Il faut faire des efforts en ce sens. Efforts must be made in that direction.

Definition of direction

• A theoretical line followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative , geographical , rotational , or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston
• A general trend for future action
• The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc
• The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate

Examples

• Keep going in the same direction
• The trombonist looked to the bandleader for direction
• The screenplay was good, but the direction was weak

Related words

• directions
• directionless
• directional
• codirectional
• nondirectional
• self-direction
• omnidirectional
• bidirectional
• unidirectional