8.5.2 Direction

Use this domain for general words referring to a direction.

Louw Nida Codes: 
82 Spatial Orientation
82B Left, Right, Straight Ahead, Opposite
  • What words refer to a direction?
    direction, orientation, course, way, bearing
  • What words refer to facing in some direction?
    face (v), point, orient
  • What words refer to a person's ability to know what direction he is going in?
    sense of direction
  • What words indicate that two things are going in the same direction?
    with
  • What words indicate that two things are going in different directions?
    against

    • 8.5.2.1 Forward

    Use this domain for words indicating a forward direction.

  • What words indicate the direction forward?
    forward, ahead,

    • 8.5.2.2 Backward

    Use this domain for words indicating a backward direction.

  • What words indicate the direction backward?
    back, backward, behind, reverse,

    • 8.5.2.3 Right, left

    Use this domain for words referring to right and left.

  • What words refer to the right side?
    right
  • What words refer to the left side?
    left
  • What words describe a person who usually uses his right hand?
    right-handed
  • What words describe a person who usually uses his left hand?
    left-handed

    • 8.5.2.4 Up

    Use this domain for words referring to the direction up.

  • What words refer to the direction up?
    up, upwards, upward, uphill, upstairs, higher and higher, up and down,
  • What words describe something that is facing or pointing upwards?
    face-up,
  • What words indicate that a path or road goes upward?
    go up, climb, rise,

    • 8.5.2.5 Down

    Use this domain for words referring to the direction down.

  • What words refer to the direction down?
    down, downwards, downhill

    • 8.5.2.6 Away from

    Use this domain for words indicating a direction away from something.

  • What words indicate that something is moving away from something else?
    toward, towards, away from, inward, inwards, outward, outwards
  • What words indicate that something moves from one place (to another place)?
    from,

    • 8.5.2.7 Towards

    Use this domain for words indicating a direction toward something.

  • What words indicate that something is moving toward something else?
    toward, towards, away from, inward, inwards, outward, outwards
  • What words indicate that something moves (from one place) to another place?
    to,

    • 8.5.2.8 North, south, east, west

    Use this domain for words referring to the directions of the compass.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    82A North, South, East, West
  • What general words refer to a direction of the compass?
    direction, heading, point of the compass, degree, bearing, cardinal points
  • What words refer to a direction of the compass?
    north, south, east, west, northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest, northward, southward, eastward, westward, northerly, southerly, westerly, easterly, up north, down south, sunrise, sunset
  • What words describe something that is toward one of the directions of the compass?
    northern, southern, eastern, western, boreal, austral, oriental, occidental, Midwestern, Fareast
  • What words describe something going in one of the directions?
    northbound, southbound, eastbound, westbound
  • What words describe a person who is from a part of the country that is north, south, east, or west?
    northerner, southerner, easterner, westerner
  • What words refer to a compass?
    compass, needle