What does Directing mean?

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di·rect·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. directing, directional, directive, guidingadjective

    showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

    "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"

ChatGPT

  1. directing

    Directing refers to guiding, leading, or supervising an individual, team, or an entire organization towards achieving a specific goal or completing a certain task. This can involve making decisions, communicating and instructing, and overseeing performance to ensure objectives are met. In the film and theater industry, directing refers to guiding the cast and crew to fulfill the vision of a script or production.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Directing

    of Direct

Editors Contribution

  1. directingverb

    Verb form of the word direct.

    Directing people to the house was easy as there is a postcode system.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Directing in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Directing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Directing in a Sentence

  1. Joshua Greene:

    Milton said, ‘You can live with my family,’ ’I’ll pay for all your needs. And you can go to acting school, dancing school — whatever you want to do. I’ll make sure you’re covered.’… For about a year, she was in hiding. Nobody knew where she was. She wanted control of script approval, directing approval, take over her career and not be the dumb blond t**s and a** girl. Which is exactly what she hated and wanted to get away from. Milton wanted to be a producer and direct films. It’s not a secret for a photographer wanting to do that.

  2. President Biden:

    I'm directing the Department of Health and Human Services to take steps to ensure these critical medications are available to the fullest extent possible, and the politicians can not interfere in the decisions that should be made between a woman and her doctor.

  3. James Miller:

    You may not have been able to stop President Trump from directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it.

  4. Ivan Reitman:

    Directing ‘Ghostbusters Afterlife’ was completely intimidating, i was lucky enough to do it sitting next to my dad.

  5. Jordan Etkin:

    To-do lists can be very helpful for informing how you should be directing your time and cognitive resources, i think where challenges emerge is when people treat to-do lists like wish lists, rather than the things they definitely want to do today.

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