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direct
verb(di-rect)
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
Synonyms: engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize,
direct
verb(di-rect)
take somebody somewhere
Synonyms: conduct, guide, lead, take,
direct
adjective(di-rect)
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
Synonyms: unmediated,
Examples:
In direct sunlight.
In direct contact with the voters.
Direct exposure to the disease.
A direct link.
The direct cause of the accident.
Direct vote.
direct
verb(di-rect)
put an address on (an envelope)
Synonyms: address,
direct
verb(di-rect)
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
Synonyms: aim, calculate,
direct
verb(di-rect)
lead, as in the performance of a composition
Synonyms: conduct, lead,
direct
adjective(di-rect)
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
Synonyms: lineal,
Examples:
A direct descendant of the king.
Direct heredity.
direct
verb(di-rect)
cause to go somewhere
Synonyms: send,
Examples:
He directed all his energies into his dissertation.
direct
adjective(di-rect)
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
Synonyms: verbatim,
Examples:
A direct quotation.
direct
adverb(di-rect)
without deviation
Synonyms: directly, straight,
Examples:
The path leads directly to the lake.
Went direct to the office.
direct
verb(di-rect)
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Synonyms: channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer,
direct
verb(di-rect)
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Synonyms: aim, place, point, target,
Examples:
Criticism directed at her superior.
Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself.
direct
verb(di-rect)
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Synonyms: aim, take, take aim, train,
direct
verb(di-rect)
be in charge of
direct
adjective(di-rect)
being an immediate result or consequence
Examples:
A direct result of the accident.
direct
verb(di-rect)
command with authority
Examples:
He directed the children to do their homework.
direct
adjective(di-rect)
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
Antonyms: indirect,
Examples:
A direct route.
A direct flight.
A direct hit.
direct
verb(di-rect)
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
Examples:
I directed them towards the town hall.
direct
verb(di-rect)
guide the actors in (plays and films)
direct
adjective(di-rect)
lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
Examples:
The direct opposite.
direct
adjective(di-rect)
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
Antonyms: retrograde,
direct
adjective(di-rect)
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
Antonyms: alternating,
Examples:
Direct current.
direct
adjective(di-rect)
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
Antonyms: inverse,
Examples:
A term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases).
direct
adjective(di-rect)
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Antonyms: indirect,
Examples:
A direct question.
A direct response.
A direct approach.

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