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means The course or way something points or moves toward — or the guidance that tells it which way to go.

from From Latin directio, built from dirigere — 'to set straight, arrange in a line' — itself a fusion of dis- (apart, in different directions) and regere (to guide, to rule, to keep straight). That same regere root gives English 'regent,' 'correct,' and 'rectangle,' all sharing the old idea of a guiding straight line. So direction has always meant: the line something is set straight along.