change of direction
reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented |
works
deeds | performance of moral or religious acts, salvation by deeds, the reward for good works |
| site visit | a visit in an official capacity to examine a site to determine its suitability for some enterprise |
| wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
| management control | an internal control performed by one or more managers |
steering
guidance
direction | the act of setting and holding a course, a new council was installed under the direction of the king |
management
direction | the act of managing something, he was given overall management of the program, is the direction of the economy a function of government? |
| database management | creation and maintenance of a database |
supervision
supervising
superintendence
oversight | management by overseeing the performance or operation of a person or group |
| line management | administration of the activities contributing directly to an organization's output |
| direction finder | radio, determines the direction of incoming radio waves |
| drill site | workplace that is the site of a drill hole |
| dye-works | a workshop where dyeing is done |
| plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
| public works | structures (such as highways or schools or bridges or docks) constructed at government expense for public use |
sewage system
sewer system
sewage works | facility consisting of a system of sewers for carrying off liquid and solid sewage |
works
workings | the internal mechanism of a device |
| sense of direction | an awareness of your orientation in space |
focus
focusing
focussing
focal point
direction centering | the concentration of attention or energy on something, the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology, he had no direction in his life |
| works program | a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds |
industrial engineering
industrial management | the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways |
| direction | a general course along which something has a tendency to develop, I couldn't follow the direction of his thoughts, his ideals determined the direction of his career, they proposed a new direction for the firm |
web site
website
internet site
site | a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web, the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers |
portal site
portal | a site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites on the internet, a portal typically has search engines and free email and chat rooms etc. |
database management system
DBMS | a software system that facilitates the creation and maintenance and use of an electronic database |
| relational database management system | a database management system designed to manage a relational database |
| object-oriented database management system | a database management system designed to manage an object-oriented database |
guidance
counsel
counseling
counselling
direction | something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action |
| direction instruction | a message describing how something is to be done, he gave directions faster than she could follow them |
| stage direction | an instruction written as part of the script of a play |
| commission charge direction | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something, the judge's charge to the jury |
| management consulting | a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business |
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA | an independent agency of the United States government that provides a single point of accountability for all federal emergency preparedness and mitigation and response activities |
Office of Management and Budget
OMB | the executive agency that advises the President on the federal budget |
| Financial Management Service | the federal agency in the Treasury Department that manages the government's disbursement and collection systems and provides central accounting and financial reporting |
| works council | (chiefly Brit) a council representing employer and employees of a plant or business to discuss working conditions etc, also: a committee representing the workers elected to negotiate with management about grievances and wages etc |
| management | those in charge of running a business |
| management personnel | personnel having overall planning and direction responsibilities |
| bomb site | an area in a town that has been devastated by bombs, they opened a parking lot on the bomb site |
campsite
campground
camping site
camping ground
bivouac
encampment
camping area | a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent |
cemetery
graveyard
burial site
burial ground
burying ground
memorial park
necropolis | a tract of land used for burials |
dig
excavation
archeological site | the site of an archeological exploration, they set up camp next to the dig |
toxic waste dump
toxic waste site
toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
| launching site | a place for launching pads |
| site situation | physical position in relation to the surroundings, the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides |
| active site | the part of an enzyme or antibody where the chemical reaction occurs |
| restriction site | the specific sites at which a restriction enzyme will cleave DNA |
site
land site | the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located), a good site for the school |
toxic site
toxic waste area
Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
| orphan site | a toxic waste area where the polluter could not be identified or the polluter refused to take action or pay for the cleanup |