direct

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

2. 2adjective

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

3. 3adjective

   Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

4. 4adjective

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

5. 5adjective

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

   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.

7. 7transitive verb

   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.

8. 8transitive verb

   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.

9. 9transitive verb

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

10. 10transitive verb

    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.

11. 11intransitive verb

    To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

12. 12noun

    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.

13. 13verb

    plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

    "he masterminded the robbery"

    Synonyms

    engineermastermindorchestrateorganiseorganize
14. 14verb

    specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

    Synonyms

    aimcalculate
15. 15verb

    command with authority

    "He directed the children to do their homework"

16. 16verb

    give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

    "I directed them towards the town hall"

17. 17verb

    put an address on (an envelope)

    Synonyms

    address
18. 18verb

    intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

    "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"

    "criticism directed at her superior"

    Synonyms

    aimplacepointtarget
19. 19verb

    point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

    "Please don't aim at your little brother!"

    "He trained his gun on the burglar"

    Synonyms

    aimtaketrain
20. 20verb

    guide the actors in (plays and films)

21. 21verb

    lead, as in the performance of a composition

    "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

    Synonyms

    conductlead
22. 22verb

    direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    Synonyms

    channelizeguideheadmaneuvermanoeuvermanoeuvrepointsteer
23. 23verb

    cause to go somewhere

    "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"

    "She sent her children to camp"

    Synonyms

    send
24. 24verb

    take somebody somewhere

    "We lead him to our chief"

    "can you take me to the main entrance?"

    Synonyms

    conductguideleadtake
25. 25verb

    be in charge of

26. 26adjective

    lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact

    "the direct opposite"

27. 27adjective

    direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

    "a direct route"

    "a direct flight"

28. 28adjective

    (of a current) flowing in one direction only

    "direct current"

29. 29adjective

    straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

    "a direct question"

    "a direct response"

30. 30adjective

    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)"

31. 31adjective

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

32. 32adjective

    having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

    "in direct sunlight"

    "in direct contact with the voters"

    Synonyms

    unmediated
33. 33adjective

    in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

    "a direct quotation"

    "repeated their dialog verbatim"

    Synonyms

    verbatim
34. 34adjective

    in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

    "lineal ancestors"

    "lineal heirs"

    Synonyms

    lineal
35. 35adjective

    being an immediate result or consequence

    "a direct result of the accident"

36. 36adverb

    without deviation

    "the path leads directly to the lake"

    "went direct to the office"

    Synonyms

    directlystraight