change of direction
reorientation | the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented |
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? |
| depth finder | navigational instrument used to measure the depth of a body of water (as by ultrasound or radar) |
| direction finder | radio, determines the direction of incoming radio waves |
divining rod
dowser
dowsing rod
waterfinder
water finder | forked stick that is said to dip down to indicate underground water or oil |
finder
viewfinder
view finder | optical device that helps a user to find the target of interest |
rangefinder
range finder | a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object |
sonic depth finder
fathometer | depth finder for determining depth of water or a submerged object by means of ultrasound waves |
| stud finder | a small permanent magnet in a metal container, when the magnet clicks against the container it indicates that the magnet is directly over an iron nail that holds the wallboard to a stud |
| 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 |
| 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 |
thesaurus
synonym finder | a book containing a classified list of synonyms |
word finder
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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 |
direction
way | a line leading to a place or point, he looked the other direction, didn't know the way home |
| east-west direction | in a direction parallel with lines of latitude |
| north-south direction | in a direction parallel with lines of longitude |
finder
discoverer
spotter | someone who is the first to observe something |
| finder | someone who comes upon something after searching |
| Robinson Crusoe | the hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island |
Jeffers
Robinson Jeffers
John Robinson Jeffers | United States poet who wrote about California (-) |
Luce Henry Luce
Henry Robinson Luce | United States publisher of magazines (-) |
Robinson
Edward G. Robinson
Edward Goldenberg Robinson | United States film actor noted for playing gangster roles (-) |
| Robinson Edwin Arlington Robinson | United States poet, author of narrative verse (-) |
Robinson Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt Robinson | United States baseball player, first Black to play in the major leagues (-) |
| Robinson James Harvey Robinson | United States historian who stressed the importance of intellectual and social events for the course of history (-) |
Robinson Lennox Robinson
Esme Stuart Lennox Robinson | Irish playwright and theater manager in Dublin (-) |
Robinson Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson
Walker Smith | United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (-) |
Robinson Robert Robinson
Sir Robert Robinson | English chemist noted for his studies of molecular structures in plants (-) |
| finder's fee | a fee that is paid to someone who finds a source of financial backing or to someone who brings people together for business purposes, the agency got a finder's fee when their candidate was hired as the new CEO |
| direction | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves, he checked the direction and velocity of the wind |
autonomy self-direction
selfeliance
self-sufficiency | personal independence |