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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 - 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
- We'll let the political scientists explain that one, and just note that men like Makhmalbaf and Abbas Kiarostami have directed on their own, and encouraged in others, films whose .
- Most Americans are still inner-directed.
- Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola (1979, 153 min.