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Direct

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Definitions for Direct

verb
command with authority
Examples
  1. He directed the children to do their homework
verb
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Synonyms
target aim place point
Examples
  1. He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
  2. criticism directed at her superior
  3. direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
verb
guide the actors in (plays and films)
verb
be in charge of
verb
take somebody somewhere
Synonyms
lead take conduct guide
Examples
  1. We lead him to our chief
  2. can you take me to the main entrance?
  3. He conducted us to the palace
verb
cause to go somewhere
Synonyms
send
Examples
  1. The explosion sent the car flying in the air
  2. She sent her children to camp
  3. He directed all his energies into his dissertation
verb
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Synonyms
aim take train take aim
Examples
  1. Please don't aim at your little brother!
  2. He trained his gun on the burglar
  3. Don't train your camera on the women
  4. Take a swipe at one's opponent
verb
lead, as in the performance of a composition
Synonyms
conduct lead
Examples
  1. conduct an orchestra
  2. Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
verb
give directions to
Examples
  1. point somebody into a certain direction
  2. I directed them towards the town hall
verb
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
Synonyms
calculate aim
verb
direct the course
Synonyms
steer maneuver manoeuver manoeuvre point head guide channelize channelise
Examples
  1. determine the direction of travelling
verb
put an address on (an envelope)
Synonyms
address
verb
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
Synonyms
mastermind engineer organize organise orchestrate
Examples
  1. he masterminded the robbery
adjective
direct in spatial dimensions
Examples
  1. proceeding without deviation or interruption
  2. straight and short
  3. a direct route
  4. a direct flight
  5. a direct hit
adjective
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
Synonyms
unmediated
Examples
  1. in direct sunlight
  2. in direct contact with the voters
  3. direct exposure to the disease
  4. a direct link
  5. the direct cause of the accident
  6. direct vote
adjective
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Examples
  1. a direct question
  2. a direct response
  3. a direct approach
adjective
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
Synonyms
lineal
Examples
  1. lineal ancestors
  2. lineal heirs
  3. a direct descendant of the king
  4. direct heredity
adjective
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere
Examples
  1. or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
adjective
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
Examples
  1. a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
adjective
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
Examples
  1. direct current
adjective
being an immediate result or consequence
Examples
  1. a direct result of the accident
adjective
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
Synonyms
verbatim
Examples
  1. a direct quotation
  2. repeated their dialog verbatim
adjective
lacking compromising or mitigating elements
Examples
  1. exact
  2. the direct opposite
adverb
without deviation
Synonyms
directly straight
Examples
  1. the path leads directly to the lake
  2. went direct to the office

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