DIRECT
/d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt/ ► audio Scrabble 9 Words With Friends 10
Definition
- adverb without deviation.
— synonyms: directly, straight
- adjective direct in spatial dimensions.
- adjective having no intervening persons, agents, conditions.
— synonyms: unmediated
- adjective straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action.
- adjective in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child.
— synonyms: lineal
- adjective moving from west to east on the celestial sphere.
- adjective similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity.
- adjective (of a current) flowing in one direction only.
- adjective being an immediate result or consequence.
- adjective in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker.
— synonyms: verbatim
- adjective lacking compromising or mitigating elements.
- verb command with authority.
- verb intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.
— synonyms: target, aim, place, point
- verb guide the actors in (plays and films).
- verb be in charge of.
- verb take somebody somewhere.
— synonyms: lead, take, conduct, guide
- verb cause to go somewhere.
— synonyms: send
- verb point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.
— synonyms: aim, take, train, take_aim
- verb lead, as in the performance of a composition.
— synonyms: conduct, lead
- verb give directions to.
- verb specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.
— synonyms: calculate, aim
- verb direct the course.
— synonyms: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, guide, channelize
- verb put an address on (an envelope).
— synonyms: address
- verb plan and direct (a complex undertaking).
— synonyms: mastermind, engineer, organize, organise, orchestrate
Examples
- “to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army”
- “He directed his question to the room in general.”
- “He directed me to the left-hand road.”
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