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Direct   /dərˈɛkt/  /daɪrˈɛkt/  /dɪrˈɛkt/   Listen
Direct

adjective
1.
Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short.  "A direct flight" , "A direct hit"
2.
Having no intervening persons, agents, conditions.  Synonym: unmediated.  "In direct contact with the voters" , "Direct exposure to the disease" , "A direct link" , "The direct cause of the accident" , "Direct vote"
3.
Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action.  "A direct response" , "A direct approach"
4.
In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.  Synonym: lineal.  "Lineal heirs" , "A direct descendant of the king" , "Direct heredity"
5.
Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth.
6.
Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity.
7.
(of a current) flowing in one direction only.
8.
Being an immediate result or consequence.
9.
In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker.  Synonym: verbatim.  "Repeated their dialog verbatim"
10.
Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact.
verb
(past & past part. directed; pres. part. directing)
1.
Command with authority.
2.
Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.  Synonyms: aim, place, point, target.  "Criticism directed at her superior" , "Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
3.
Guide the actors in (plays and films).
4.
Be in charge of.
5.
Take somebody somewhere.  Synonyms: conduct, guide, lead, take.  "Can you take me to the main entrance?" , "He conducted us to the palace"
6.
Cause to go somewhere.  Synonym: send.  "She sent her children to camp" , "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
7.
Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.  Synonyms: aim, take, take aim, train.  "He trained his gun on the burglar" , "Don't train your camera on the women" , "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
8.
Lead, as in the performance of a composition.  Synonyms: conduct, lead.
9.
Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction.
10.
Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.  Synonyms: aim, calculate.
11.
Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.  Synonyms: channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer.
12.
Put an address on (an envelope).  Synonym: address.
13.
Plan and direct (a complex undertaking).  Synonyms: engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize.
adverb
1.
Without deviation.  Synonyms: directly, straight.  "Went direct to the office"



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"Direct" Quotes from Famous Books



... trousers on, exposed to view—an unusual spectacle to his landlady, who had, in fact, scarcely ever known him in bed at so late an hour before. He lay as still as a mouse. Mrs. Squallop, after glancing with surprise at his legs, happening to direct her eyes towards the window, beheld a small bottle standing there—only half of whose dark contents were remaining. Oh gracious!—of course it must be POISON, and Mr. Titmouse must be dead!—In a sudden fright she dropped the kettle, plucked the ...
— Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. • Samuel Warren
... was elaborately affixing a stamp to a letter. At the sight of her he became rigid and a singularly bright shade of pink. She made herself serenely unaware of his existence, though it may be it was his presence that sent her by the field detour instead of by the direct path up ...
— Ann Veronica • H. G. Wells
... in her mind was whether any great saint had ever asked such a question of Him who to her was only "holy Mary's Son." Of course it would have to be asked through Mary. No one, not even the greatest saint, considered Maude, had ever spoken direct to Him, except in a vision. The next remark of the Countess ...
— The White Rose of Langley - A Story of the Olden Time • Emily Sarah Holt
... upon whom rest the biggest burdens did not exist. But now—and no beautiful words can make me change my opinion on that point—an entirely independent policy has become unthinkable, because the only path which remains open to Vienna leads by way of Berlin. Berlin will henceforward direct our policy." ...
— Independent Bohemia • Vladimir Nosek
... had been carefully planned and executed at a late hour on a deserted street, it was popularly believed that very little direct testimony would be brought out, and that a conviction, therefore, would rest mainly upon circumstantial evidence; but as the trial progressed the case against the prisoners developed unexpected strength. Had Donnelly fallen at the first volley, his assailants would, in all ...
— The Net • Rex Beach


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