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1. | [ adjective ] direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short | |
Examples: | "a direct route" "a direct flight" "a direct hit" |
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Related terms: | indirect straightforward door-to-door point-blank undeviating through short nonstop straight directness | |
2. | [ verb ] command with authority | |
Examples: | "He directed the children to do their homework" |
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Related terms: | order stet directive | |
3. | [ verb ] intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | |
Synonyms: | aim place point target | |
Examples: | "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face" "criticism directed at her superior" "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" |
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Related terms: | aim address range_in topographic_point prey | |
4. | [ adjective ] immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening | |
Examples: | "in direct sunlight" "in direct contact with the voters" "direct exposure to the disease" "a direct link" "the direct cause of the accident" |
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Related terms: | immediate | |
5. | [ verb ] (film) guide the actors in (plays and films) | |
Related terms: | make stage_direct performing_arts | |
6. | [ verb ] be in charge of | |
Related terms: | manage hold operate head guide act | |
7. | [ adjective ] extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action | |
Examples: | "a direct question" "a direct response" "a direct approach" |
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Related terms: | indirect blunt blunt square plain no-nonsense man-to-man bluff pointed upfront flat-footed honest | |
8. | [ verb ] take somebody somewhere | |
Synonyms: | take lead guide conduct | |
Examples: | "We lead him to our chief" "can you take me to the main entrance?" "He conducted us to the palace" |
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Related terms: | mislead usher beacon hand leader usher | |
9. | [ verb ] cause to go somewhere | |
Synonyms: | send | |
Examples: | "The explosion sent the car flying in the air" "She sent her children to camp" "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" |
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Related terms: | move turn project refer divert redirect blow route route turn fire dismiss sending | |
10. | [ verb ] aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment | |
Synonyms: | aim take take_aim train | |
Examples: | "Please don't aim at your little brother!" "He trained his gun on the burglar" "Don't train your camera on the women" "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
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Related terms: | position target charge level swing hold draw_a_bead_on turn aim | |
11. | [ verb ] (music,performing arts) lead musicians in the performance of | |
Synonyms: | conduct lead | |
Examples: | "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor" "she cannot conduct modern pieces" |
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Related terms: | perform perform music conduct conducting | |
12. | [ verb ] lead, as in the performance of a composition | |
Synonyms: | conduct lead | |
Examples: | "conduct an orchestra Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" |
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Related terms: | perform music conduct conducting | |
13. | [ verb ] give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction | |
Synonyms: | point | |
Examples: | "I directed them towards the town hall" |
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Related terms: | instruct point_the_way | |
14. | [ verb ] specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | |
Synonyms: | aim calculate | |
Related terms: | intend | |
15. | [ adjective ] (mathematics) varying in the same manner as another quantity | |
Examples: | "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)" |
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Related terms: | inverse inverse mathematics | |
16. | [ adjective ] (electricity) of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating | |
Examples: | "direct current" |
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Related terms: | alternating electricity | |
17. | [ adjective ] (astronomy) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth | |
Related terms: | retrograde astronomy | |
18. | [ adjective ] in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | |
Synonyms: | verbatim | |
Examples: | "a direct quotation" "repeated their dialog verbatim" |
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Related terms: | exact | |
19. | [ verb ] (transportation) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | |
Synonyms: | guide maneuver point steer head manoeuver manoeuvre channelize channelise manouevre | |
Related terms: | control park navigate stand_out navigate corner dock channel starboard sheer pull_over conn crab driving maneuver head guidance bearing guide maneuverer forefront helmsman steering | |
20. | [ verb ] put an address on (an envelope, for example) | |
Synonyms: | address | |
Related terms: | label re-address misaddress instrument addressee | |
21. | [ adverb ] without deviation | |
Synonyms: | directly straight | |
Examples: | "the path leads directly to the lake" "went direct to the office" |
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Related terms: | straight straight | |
22. | [ adjective ] in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | |
Synonyms: | lineal | |
Examples: | "lineal ancestors" "lineal heirs" "a direct descendant of the king" "direct heredity" |
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Related terms: | collateral matrilineal patrilineal unilateral related | |
23. | [ adjective ] as an immediate result or consequence | |
Examples: | "a direct result of the accident" |
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Related terms: | primary | |
24. | [ adjective ] (politics) effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives | |
Examples: | "many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College" |
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Related terms: | democratic | |
25. | [ adjective ] exact | |
Examples: | "the direct opposite" |
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Related terms: | absolute | |
26. | [ verb ] plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | |
Synonyms: | organize mastermind orchestrate organise engineer | |
Examples: | "he masterminded the robbery" |
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Related terms: | plan choreograph administration engineer organization orchestration organizer originator | |
Similar spelling: |
director directly directed directory directive direction directing diarist |