direction

Roget-categorie 278

2. Words relating to space
› 2.4. Motion
›› 2.4.4. Motion with reference to direction

#278. Direction

zelfstandig naamwoord

direction, bearing, course, vector — set, drift, tenor — tendency etc. 176 — incidence — bending, trending etc. v. — dip, tack, aim, collimation — steering steerage.
point of the compass, cardinal points — North East, South, West — N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, &c. — rhumb^†, azimuth, line of collimation.
line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march — alignment, allignment^† — air line, beeline — straight shoot.

werkwoord

tend towards, bend towards, point towards — conduct to, go to — point to, point at — bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine.
steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards — aim at, level at — take aim — keep a course, hold a course — be bound for — bend one's steps towards — direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course — align one's march, allign one's march^† — to straight, go straight to the point — march on, march on a point.
ascertain one's direction etc. n. — s'orienter [Fr.], see which way the wind blows — box the compass — take the air line.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

directed etc. v.. directed towards — pointing towards etc. v. — bound for — aligned, with alligned with^† — direct, straight — undeviating, unswerving — straightforward — North, Northern, Northerly, etc. n..

bijwoord

towards — on the road, on the high road to — en avant — versus, to — hither, thither, whither — directly — straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow — point blank — in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with — in a line with — full tilt at, as the crow flies.
before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind — windwards, in the wind's eye.
through, via, by way of — in all directions, in all manner of ways — quaquaversum [Lat.], from the four winds.

uitdrukking

the shortest distance between two points is a the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

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