directingn.

Etymology: < direct v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈrecting.

The action of direct v.; direction (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > control > [noun] > direction

demeaning1429

stightlinga1500

direction1509

directing1530

amaining1553

government1556

demeanour1644

directory1647

directurea1677

bossing1864

masterminding1924

quarterbacking1938

society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > injunction or instruction > an injunction or instruction

charge138.

advisementa1387

instruction1410

jointc1475

injunction1526

special order1547

direction1576

encharge1595

direct1615

directing1632

directive1642

game law1820

mot d'ordre1905

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 213/2 Directyng, adresse.

1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 161 As touchinge the directing of anye shippe.

1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 97 The countenancing of causes and directing of juries.

1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 66 The Directing the Persons concerned therein, was committed to one Person only.

1889 S. Olivier in G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 119 The ‘directing’ of companies and the patronizing of nitrogenous Volunteer Colonels.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

directingadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈrecting.

That directs: see the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adjective] > causing to move in a direction

directing1588

directive1625

ruddering1877

society > authority > control > [adjective] > of or relating to direction > directing

directorya1450

directive1593

dirigent1617

ordering1678

directing1719

directoral1874

masterminding1973

1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Gviij Aboue the directing line.

1671 A. Seller Devout Communicant 88 Vouchsafe us some beams of thy directing Consolatory light.

1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 258 A secret directing Providence.

1889 Spectator 19 Oct. That is the true end of arranging work, and it is one which the directing classes do not forget when arranging work for themselves.

Compounds

directing-circle n. a circle made of two hoops, one within the other, to guide sappers in the making of gabions.

ΚΠ

1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 62 The directing circle is then laid on a level piece of ground, and seven, eight, or nine pickets are driven at equal distances apart, between the hoops.

directing-plane n. Perspective a plane passing through the point of sight parallel to the plane of the picture.

ΚΠ

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 964 Director Of The Eye, the intersection of the plane with the directing plane perpendicular to the original plane and that of the picture, and hence also perpendicular to the directing and vanishing planes.

Categories »

directing-point n. Perspective the point at which any original line meets the directing plane (Gwilt Arch. Gloss. 1876).

directing-post n. a finger-post on a road.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > signpost or stone

Mercury's finger1589

signpost1597

mercurial statue1638

way-post1647

mercury1668

mercury's statue1684

mercurial stone1716

waywiser1725

guide-post1761

cross in the hands1762

fingerpost1762

guide stone1762

handpost1764

parson1785

fingerboard1793

direction-post1795

guide-board1810

signboard1829

handing-post1837

directing-post1876

1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. iii. 44 Reaching the directing-post where the road branched into two, she paused.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	directing
释义	directingn. Etymology: < direct v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈrecting. The action of direct v.; direction (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > direction demeaning1429 stightlinga1500 direction1509 directing1530 amaining1553 government1556 demeanour1644 directory1647 directurea1677 bossing1864 masterminding1924 quarterbacking1938 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [noun] > injunction or instruction > an injunction or instruction charge138. advisementa1387 instruction1410 jointc1475 injunction1526 special order1547 direction1576 encharge1595 direct1615 directing1632 directive1642 game law1820 mot d'ordre1905 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 213/2 Directyng, adresse. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse 161 As touchinge the directing of anye shippe. 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 97 The countenancing of causes and directing of juries. 1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 66 The Directing the Persons concerned therein, was committed to one Person only. 1889 S. Olivier in G. B. Shaw Fabian Ess. Socialism 119 The ‘directing’ of companies and the patronizing of nitrogenous Volunteer Colonels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2020). directingadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈrecting. That directs: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > [adjective] > causing to move in a direction directing1588 directive1625 ruddering1877 society > authority > control > [adjective] > of or relating to direction > directing directorya1450 directive1593 dirigent1617 ordering1678 directing1719 directoral1874 masterminding1973 1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Gviij Aboue the directing line. 1671 A. Seller Devout Communicant 88 Vouchsafe us some beams of thy directing Consolatory light. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 258 A secret directing Providence. 1889 Spectator 19 Oct. That is the true end of arranging work, and it is one which the directing classes do not forget when arranging work for themselves. Compounds directing-circle n. a circle made of two hoops, one within the other, to guide sappers in the making of gabions. ΚΠ 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 62 The directing circle is then laid on a level piece of ground, and seven, eight, or nine pickets are driven at equal distances apart, between the hoops. directing-plane n. Perspective a plane passing through the point of sight parallel to the plane of the picture. ΚΠ 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 964 Director Of The Eye, the intersection of the plane with the directing plane perpendicular to the original plane and that of the picture, and hence also perpendicular to the directing and vanishing planes. Categories » directing-point n. Perspective the point at which any original line meets the directing plane (Gwilt Arch. Gloss. 1876). directing-post n. a finger-post on a road. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > signpost or stone Mercury's finger1589 signpost1597 mercurial statue1638 way-post1647 mercury1668 mercury's statue1684 mercurial stone1716 waywiser1725 guide-post1761 cross in the hands1762 fingerpost1762 guide stone1762 handpost1764 parson1785 fingerboard1793 direction-post1795 guide-board1810 signboard1829 handing-post1837 directing-post1876 1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta I. iii. 44 Reaching the directing-post where the road branched into two, she paused. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1530adj.1588
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