What does directing mean?

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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. I Ching:

    Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal depths of the universe and are appointed by Heaven.

  2. Doug Madory:

    For the past 24 hours North Korea's connectivity to the outside world has been progressively getting degraded to the point now that they are totally offline, there's either a benign explanation - their routers are perhaps having a software glitch; that's possible. It also seems possible that somebody can be directing some sort of an attack against them and they're having trouble staying online.

  3. Doug Madory:

    There's either a benign explanation - their routers are perhaps having a software glitch ; that’s possible. It also seems possible that somebody can be directing some sort of an attack against them and they're having trouble staying online.

  4. Doug Madory:

    For the past 24 hours North Korea's connectivity to the outside world has been progressively getting degraded to the point now that they are totally offline, there's either a benign explanation - their routers are perhaps having a software glitch; that’s possible. It also seems possible that somebody can be directing some sort of an attack against them and they're having trouble staying online.

  5. Angelina Jolie:

    I love directing, It means so much to me to direct stories about subject matter that I care deeply about. I can act in many things, and you can try to experience different characters, but to direct is years of your life and you have to really love it and believe in it.

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