Direct

[daɪˈrekt] or [daɪˈrɛkt]

Definition

(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.) be in charge of.

(adj.) lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; 'the direct opposite' .

(adj.) direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; 'a direct route'; 'a direct flight'; 'a direct hit' .

(adj.) (of a current) flowing in one direction only; 'direct current' .

(adj.) straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; 'a direct question'; 'a direct response'; 'a direct approach' .

(adj.) 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)' .

(adj.) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth .

(adj.) 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' .

(adj.) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; 'a direct quotation'; 'repeated their dialog verbatim' .

(adj.) being an immediate result or consequence; 'a direct result of the accident' .

Checker: Rene--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

(a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.

(a.) Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

(a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.

(a.) 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.

(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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. i.) To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

(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.

Checker: Terrance

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1].Straight, in a right line, not crooked.[2].From father to son, not collateral.[3].Plain, express, categorical, unambiguous, not equivocal.[4]. Open, sincere, ingenuous, frank, outspoken.[5]. (Astron.) In the order of the signs, not retrograde.

v. a. [1].Aim, point, cast, turn.[2].Regulate, dispose, manage, conduct, control, govern.[3].Order, command, instruct, prescribe to, give directions to.[4]. Guide, lead, put upon the right track.[5]. Address, superscribe.

Edited by Jessica

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See INSTRUCT]

[See STRAIGHT]

Inputed by Jeanine

Definition

adj. quite straight: straightforward: in the line of descent: outspoken: sincere: unambiguous: unsophisticated in manner.—v.t. to keep or lay quite straight: to point or aim straightly or correctly: to point out the proper course to: to guide: to order: to mark with the name and residence of a person.—v.i. to act as director.—n. Direc′tion aim at a certain point: the line of course in which anything moves: guidance: command: the body of persons who guide or manage a matter: the written name and residence of a person.—adjs. Direc′tional; Direct′ive having power or tendency to direct.—adv. Direct′ly in a direct manner: without intermediary: immediately (in time and otherwise).—ns. Direct′ness; Direct′or one who directs: a manager or governor: a counsellor: a father confessor or spiritual guide: part of a machine or instrument which guides its motion:—fem. Direct′ress Direct′rix.—ns. Direct′orāte Direct′orship the office or a body of directors.—adjs. Directō′rial; Direct′ory containing directions: guiding.—n. a body of directions: a guide: a book with the names and residences of the inhabitants of a place: a body of directors: the Directoire or French Republican government of 1795-99.—n. Direct′rix a line serving to describe a circle.

Editor: Moll

Examples

Inputed by George

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