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- 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
- O'Connor says he models F4J stunts on the direct-action tactics of Greenpeace, "with a dash of humor thrown in for good measure.
- The direct flights agreement represents the first major step his administration has taken to meeting that pledge.
- Some call it direct mail, others know it as junk, but Americans love the paper flood washing over them as much as they say they hate it.