"directions" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d(a)ɪˈɹɛk.ʃənz/ Audio: en-us-directions.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} directions
  1. plural of direction Tags: form-of, plural Form of: direction Categories (topical): Directives
    Sense id: en-directions-en-noun-NtKaiCMG Disambiguation of Directives: 56 44

Noun

IPA: /d(a)ɪˈɹɛk.ʃənz/ Audio: en-us-directions.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} directions pl (plural only)
  1. Instructions for how to reach a destination or how to do something Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (instructions): إرشادات (Arabic), ohjeistus (Finnish), ohjeet (Finnish), mode d’emploi (French), Anweisungen [feminine, plural] (German), útmutatás (Hungarian), eligazítás (Hungarian), útbaigazítás (english: to reach a destination) (Hungarian), 指示 (shiji) (Japanese), instrucciones (Spanish), indicaciones (note: e.g., for driving) (Spanish), hướng dẫn (Vietnamese), chỉ đường (english: to reach a destination) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-directions-en-noun-7tYQgYQn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 43 57

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      "word": "chỉ đường"
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