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direct meaning and definition
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Definition of direct (verb)
- command with authority
- "He directed the children to do their homework"
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- be in charge of
- take somebody somewhere
- cause to go somewhere
- "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
- synonyms: send
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- "I directed them towards the town hall"
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- synonyms: channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
- put an address on (an envelope)
- synonyms: address
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- "he masterminded the robbery"
- synonyms: engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize
DIRECT adjective
Definition of direct (adjective)
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
- antonym: indirect
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- "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"
- synonyms: unmediated
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
- antonym: indirect
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
- synonyms: lineal
- antonym: collateral
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- antonym: retrograde
- 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)"
- antonym: inverse
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- "direct current"
- antonym: alternating
- being an immediate result or consequence
- "a direct result of the accident"
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
- synonyms: verbatim
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
- "the direct opposite"
DIRECT adverb
Definition of direct (adverb)
Source: Princeton University Wordnet