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How to spell direction

Direction is spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-I-O-N.

What it means: The way or course something moves or points.

In a sentence: The map shows us the right direction to the park. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear.

Same family: directly, directional, director, redirect, indirect. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Direction” comes from Latin *directio*, from *dirigere* meaning “to set straight” or “to guide.” Over time, the word shifted from the idea of ‘making straight’ to guiding someone’s course, whether on a map or in life.

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