Direksyon

Direksyon is a Filipino noun with several related meanings centered on guiding orientation or instruction. Primarily, it refers to direction or bearing—where something or someone is headed, the route to a destination, or the general course of movement. It is also used to mean instructions or steps to follow, such as directions on how to operate a device or complete a task. In organizational or administrative language, direksyon can denote the leadership, governance, or strategic course of an entity, akin to “direction” in English.

The term is a loanword from Spanish dirección, itself from the Latin directio. In everyday use, direksyon appears across contexts such as travel, maps, meteorology, and instruction manuals. It can describe both spatial orientation (direksyon ng tren, direksyon ng hangin) and procedural guidance (sundin ang mga direksyon, ibigay ang direksyon kung paano tapusin ang trabaho).

Senses of direksyon often overlap in common speech. For example, directions on a road sign indicate where to go, while directions in a project plan indicate how to proceed. In business or governance, people speak of the direksyon ng kumpanya or direksyon ng pamunuan to refer to the strategic path or leadership approach. The term is also used in educational and instructional contexts to denote the steps or guidance provided to achieve a task.

In usage, direksyon is typically translated as “direction,” “instructions,” or “guidance,” depending on context. See also mapa, direksyon sa navigasyon, at direksiyon bilang konsepto ng pamumuno.