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Quick definitions from WordNet (direct)
▸ verb: be in charge of
▸ verb: command with authority ("He directed the children to do their homework")
▸ verb: give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction ("I directed them towards the town hall")
▸ verb: guide the actors in (plays and films)
▸ verb: put an address on (an envelope, for example)
▸ verb: cause to go somewhere ("He directed all his energies into his dissertation")
▸ verb: plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
▸ verb: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
▸ verb: lead, as in the performance of a composition
▸ verb: take somebody somewhere
▸ verb: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal ("Criticism directed at her superior")
▸ verb: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment
▸ verb: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
▸ adjective: as an immediate result or consequence ("A direct result of the accident")
▸ adjective: exact ("The direct opposite")
▸ adjective: effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives ("Many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College")
▸ adjective: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short ("A direct route")
▸ adjective: of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating ("Direct current")
▸ adjective: extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action ("A direct question")
▸ adjective: similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ("A term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)")
▸ adjective: moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
▸ adjective: immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening ("In direct sunlight")
▸ adjective: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker ("A direct quotation")
▸ adjective: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child ("A direct descendant of the king")
▸ adverb: without deviation ("The path leads directly to the lake")
▸ Also see directs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to direct
▸ Usage examples for direct
▸ Idioms related to direct (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by direct
▸ Words that often appear near direct
▸ Rhymes of direct
▸ Invented words related to direct
▸ verb: be in charge of
▸ verb: command with authority ("He directed the children to do their homework")
▸ verb: give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction ("I directed them towards the town hall")
▸ verb: guide the actors in (plays and films)
▸ verb: put an address on (an envelope, for example)
▸ verb: cause to go somewhere ("He directed all his energies into his dissertation")
▸ verb: plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
▸ verb: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
▸ verb: lead, as in the performance of a composition
▸ verb: take somebody somewhere
▸ verb: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal ("Criticism directed at her superior")
▸ verb: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment
▸ verb: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
▸ adjective: as an immediate result or consequence ("A direct result of the accident")
▸ adjective: exact ("The direct opposite")
▸ adjective: effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives ("Many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College")
▸ adjective: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short ("A direct route")
▸ adjective: of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating ("Direct current")
▸ adjective: extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action ("A direct question")
▸ adjective: similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ("A term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)")
▸ adjective: moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
▸ adjective: immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening ("In direct sunlight")
▸ adjective: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker ("A direct quotation")
▸ adjective: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child ("A direct descendant of the king")
▸ adverb: without deviation ("The path leads directly to the lake")
▸ Also see directs
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to direct
▸ Usage examples for direct
▸ Idioms related to direct (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by direct
▸ Words that often appear near direct
▸ Rhymes of direct
▸ Invented words related to direct