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Adjective direct has 11 senses
- direct - direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
Antonyms: indirect, askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong, devious, circuitous, roundabout, diversionary, meandering, rambling, wandering, winding
- direct - immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"
Antonym: mediate (indirect, via immediate)
- direct - extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
Antonyms: indirect, allusive, backhanded, circuitous, roundabout, circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious, devious, oblique, digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling, hearsay, mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed, tortuous
- lineal, direct - in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
- direct - moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
Antonym: retrograde
- direct - 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)"
Antonyms: inverse, reciprocal
- direct - of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating; "direct current"
Antonym: alternating
- direct - as an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"
Antonym: secondary (indirect, via primary)
- direct, verbatim - in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
Antonym: inexact (indirect, via exact)
- direct - 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"
Antonym: undemocratic (indirect, via democratic)
- direct - exact; "the direct opposite"
Antonym: relative (indirect, via absolute)
Adverbial direct has 1 sense
- directly, straight, direct - without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
Verb direct has 13 senses
- direct - command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"
--1 is one way to order, tell, enjoin, say
Sample sentence:
They direct him to write the letter
- target, aim, place, direct, point - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
--2 is one way to aim, take, train, take aim, direct
Sample sentences:
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- direct - guide the actors in (plays and films)
--3 is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue direct the movie
- direct - be in charge of
--4 is one way to manage, deal, care, handle
Sample sentences:
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- lead, take, direct, conduct, guide - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
Sample sentences:
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- send, direct - 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"
--6 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
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- aim, take, train, take aim, direct - aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "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"
--7 is one way to position
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- conduct, lead, direct - lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
--8 is one way to perform, execute, do
Sample sentence:
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- direct - give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"
--9 is one way to instruct, apprise, apprize
Sample sentences:
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- calculate, aim, direct - specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
--10 is one way to intend, destine, designate, specify
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- steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
--11 is one way to control, command
Sample sentences:
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- address, direct - put an address on (an envelope, for example)
--12 is one way to label
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- mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate - plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
--13 is one way to plan
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