Direction and Keeping

Direction

Direction noun - The act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something.

Usage example: working under the close direction of the engineering supervisor

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Keeping and direction are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keeping" instead a noun "Direction".

Nearby Words: direct, directed, directly, director, directive

Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.

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Direction and keeping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direction" instead a noun "Keeping".

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

good	good direction	good keeping
safe	safe direction	safe keeping
better	better direction	better keeping
true	true direction	true keeping
Other adjectives: single, serious, wrong, new, vague, last.

Unusually, Sokka is actually the taller and longer-limbed party, but Toph is keeping him from taking back his club, which she has in her other hand, sticking out in the opposite direction.

Source: At Arm's Length
For a heroic example, Arthur after getting five keys in Keys to the Kingdom keeps having to choke back his tendencies in this direction, keeping him from going over the edge.

Source: A God Am I / Literature
The only thing keeping them from being 3D is the complete inability to move to the side under your own power (which you have in the 3D segments) — you can easily be, and often are, moved in the third direction by bumpers, spiral paths, and paths with loop-de-loops.

Source: 2½D

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