Direction and Usage

Direction

Direction noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

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

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

Usage noun - The act or practice of employing something for a particular purpose.

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Direction and usage are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direction" instead a noun "Usage".

good	good direction	good usage
safe	safe direction	safe usage
particular	particular direction	particular usage
better	better direction	better usage
Other adjectives: similar, specific, current, original, correct, proper, straight, single, poor, actual, constant, serious, interesting, creative, general, unusual, last, intended, different, realistic.

By properly timing their usage of the strafe keys, on the enemy's screen they would start to move one direction, then teleport a few feet and move in the other direction.

Source: Teleport Spam
It's got Metal Blades' 8-direction effectiveness, but in exchange for not going through things or ridiculously low energy usage, it has an explosive blast radius around it.

Source: Game Breaker / Mega Man
If the player could only scroll in one direction, game objects and enemies could be created when they enter the screen and erased as soon as they scroll out, reducing memory usage.

Source: Ratchet Scrolling

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