“The outstanding direction provided by our former manager will be hard to replace.”
“Anomalous events may occur in contrast to the general direction of the graph.”
“We wandered along in the opposite direction until we came to a park that we cut across to get to the lake.”
director
One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
“But it is one thing to be a director in name and another thing to actually sit on the board as a director.”
“He probably achieved his full fame as the director of the movie The Dream Factory (1997).”
“Its emphasis is on the fact that a spiritual director is a facilitator, that the ultimate relationship being sought is between the directee and God, not between the directee and director.”
(European Union law) A form of legislativeact addressed to the Member States. The directive binds the Member State to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
“There was directness in his words that each soldier felt. His was a personal line of communication, giving every person under his command the unmistakable feeling that this man was not only a commander but a genuine human being.”
“But she negotiates its vocal awkwardness capably, and supplies much of the character's blend of hauteur, froideur and directness.”
“They want directness about what's going to change and how it is going to change.”
“Some even chose to continue on after reaching adulthood, working as internal directresses and teachers.”
“Retreat directors and directresses are neither pastors nor diocesan administrators.”
“Majid bin Ali Al-Nuaimi met today with directors and directresses of intermediate schools in the Ministry premises in the presence of a number of Education Ministry officials.”