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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"  Antonym: indirect.
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"  Antonym: indirect.
4.
In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.  Synonym: lineal.  "Lineal heirs" , "A direct descendant of the king" , "Direct heredity"  Antonym: collateral.
5.
Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth.  Antonym: retrograde.
6.
Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity.  Antonym: inverse.
7.
(of a current) flowing in one direction only.  Antonym: alternating.
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



... direct us to the offices of the Sanitary Commission?" asked Ailsa of a passing soldier wearing the insignia of the ...
— Ailsa Paige • Robert W. Chambers
... mere empty talk," he declared at last. "I tell you that if you refuse to do as I direct I shall call upon Bracondale this evening and ask for alms. Oh," he laughed, "it will be quite amusing to see his face when I show him your letter, for he no doubt believes in you. Are you prepared ...
— The White Lie • William Le Queux
... would do me a favour," said Daireh. "A lady—a friend of mine—wants to send a valentine to a man in Ireland, and is anxious to mystify him. She has got me to direct it, and would like it to have the London post-mark. Will you drop it ...
— For Fortune and Glory - A Story of the Soudan War • Lewis Hough
... was utterly dissatisfied with his orders, and even regarded them as a slight upon himself as the commander of the steamer for the time being. It was not customary to direct captains to avoid the enemy under all circumstances that were likely to be presented. The first lieutenant began to realize the disadvantage of sailing with a captain so young, for it looked to him as though the strange order had been issued on account of ...
— On The Blockade - SERIES: The Blue and the Gray Afloat • Oliver Optic
... probably of opinion that, by doing so, he would meet in front with the Highlanders advancing from Edinburgh in the opposite direction. In this he was mistaken; for the sound judgement of the Chevalier, or of those to whose advice he listened, left the direct passage free, but occupied the strong ground by which ...
— Waverley • Sir Walter Scott


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