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Meaning of 'direct' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Direct [ a.]
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
- Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
- Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
- In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.
- In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.
2 . Direct [ n.]
- A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.
3 . Direct [ v. i.]
- To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
4 . Direct [ v. t.]
- To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
- To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.
- To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.
- To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

Meaning of 'direct' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . direct [ v]
Meaning (1):
- take somebody somewhere
Example in sentence:
  • can you take me to the main entrance?;
  • He conducted us to the palace;
  • We lead him to our chief
Meaning (2):
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
Example in sentence:
  • conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
Meaning (3):
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Example in sentence:
  • criticism directed at her superior;
  • direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself;
  • He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
Meaning (4):
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Example in sentence:
  • Don't train your camera on the women;
  • He trained his gun on the burglar;
  • Please don't aim at your little brother!;
  • Take a swipe at one's opponent
Meaning (5):
- cause to go somewhere
Example in sentence:
  • He directed all his energies into his dissertation;
  • She sent her children to camp;
  • The explosion sent the car flying in the air
Meaning (6):
- command with authority
Example in sentence:
  • He directed the children to do their homework
Meaning (7):
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
Example in sentence:
  • he masterminded the robbery
Meaning (8):
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
Example in sentence:
  • I directed them towards the town hall
Meaning (9):
- be in charge of
Example in sentence:
  • Who is heading this project?
10 . direct [ a]
Meaning (10):
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Example in sentence:
  • a direct approach;
  • a direct question;
  • a direct response
Meaning (11):
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
Example in sentence:
  • a direct descendant of the king;
  • direct heredity;
  • lineal ancestors;
  • lineal heirs
Meaning (12):
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
Example in sentence:
  • a direct flight;
  • a direct hit;
  • a direct route
Meaning (13):
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
Example in sentence:
  • a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
Meaning (14):
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
Example in sentence:
  • direct current
15 . direct [ r]
Meaning (15):
- without deviation
Example in sentence:
  • the path leads directly to the lake;
  • went direct to the office
16 . direct [ s]
Meaning (16):
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
Example in sentence:
  • a direct link;
  • direct exposure to the disease;
  • direct vote;
  • in direct contact with the voters;
  • in direct sunlight;
  • the direct cause of the accident
Meaning (17):
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
Example in sentence:
  • a direct quotation;
  • repeated their dialog verbatim
Meaning (18):
- being an immediate result or consequence
Example in sentence:
  • a direct result of the accident
Meaning (19):
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
Example in sentence:
  • the direct opposite

Nearby Words:

diradiation dire direct-acting directed directer directing direction directive directly directness

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