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horary
  • a  relating to the hours
    the horary cycle
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dipylon
  • n  a gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found
  • a  of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens
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dire
  • s  fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
    a dire emergency
  • s  causing fear or dread or terror
    dire news
    a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
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direct
  • v  command with authority
    He directed the children to do their homework
  • v  intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
    criticism directed at her superior
    direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
  • v  guide the actors in (plays and films)
  • v  be in charge of
  • v  take somebody somewhere
  • v  cause to go somewhere
    He directed all his energies into his dissertation
  • v  point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
  • v  lead, as in the performance of a composition; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
  • v  give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
    I directed them towards the town hall
  • v  specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
  • v  direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
  • v  put an address on (an envelope)
  • v  plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
  • a  direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
    a direct route
    a direct flight
    a direct hit
  • s  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
  • a  straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
    a direct question
    a direct response
    a direct approach
  • a  in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
    a direct descendant of the king
    direct heredity
  • a  moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
  • a  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)
  • a  (of a current) flowing in one direction only
    direct current
  • s  being an immediate result or consequence
    a direct result of the accident
  • s  in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
    a direct quotation
  • s  lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
    the direct opposite
  • r  without deviation
    the path leads directly to the lake
    went direct to the office
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directed
  • v  command with authority
    He directed the children to do their homework
  • v  intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
    criticism directed at her superior
  • v  guide the actors in (plays and films)
  • v  be in charge of
  • v  take somebody somewhere
  • v  cause to go somewhere
    He directed all his energies into his dissertation
  • v  point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
  • v  lead, as in the performance of a composition; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
  • v  give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
    I directed them towards the town hall
  • v  specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
  • v  direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
  • v  put an address on (an envelope)
  • v  plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
  • s  (often used in combination) having a specified direction
    a positively directed vector
    goal-directed
  • s  manageable by a supervising agent
    a directed program of study
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