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noun a line leading to a place or point
noun the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves
noun a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
originFrom Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin dīrēctiō. Equivalent to direct + -ion.
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