direction
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a line leading to a place or pointsynonyms: chemintypes:orientationthe direction or path along which something moves or along which it liescoursgeneral line of orientationtendancea general direction in which something tends to movebordthe heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails
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a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
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a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
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the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or movestypes:orientationposition or alignment relative to points of the compass or other specific directionsoppositiona direction opposite to anotheraire de ventany of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compassattitudeposition of aircraft or spacecraft relative to a frame of reference (the horizon or direction of motion)type of:emplacement, localisation, position, relation spatialethe spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated
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the act of setting and holding a course
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general line of orientation
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the body of people who lead a grouptypes:commandement en chefthe highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military)type of:corpsa group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
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Context is king — that’s the lesson you need to internalize as you begin preparing for the vocabulary questions on the SAT. We have identified this pool of 200 words that cut across the disciplines and lend themselves well to context-dependent interpretation. As you learn this list on Vocabulary.com, you will have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in particular sentences. This is the same type of thinking you will need to develop in order to succeed on the SAT! Following our Roadmap to the SAT? Head back to see what else you should be learning this week.
Context is king -- that’s the lesson you need to internalize as you begin preparing for the vocabulary questions on the new SAT. We have identified this pool of 200 words that cut across the disciplines and lend themselves well to context-dependent interpretation. As you learn this list on Vocabulary.com, you will have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in particular sentences. This is the same type of thinking you will need to develop in order to succeed on the new SAT! Here are all of our word lists to help you prepare for the new SAT (debuting March of 2016): The Language of the Test, Multiple-Meaning Words, and Words to Capture Tone.
On the ACT Reading Test, you'll encounter questions that ask you to determine the meanings of common words in context. We've identified 200 high-frequency, multiple-meaning words of the sort that you'll see on the exam. As you practice this list, you'll have to rely on context clues in order to determine each word’s meaning in a particular sentence. Be careful! Several of a word's meanings might show up as answer choices — but only one answer will capture the meaning of the word in the context of the sentence.