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Definition of DIRECT

verb : DIRECT

Source:WordNet 3.1

1. (
- direct
) command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework" ;

2. (
- target ,
- aim ,
- place ,
- direct ,
- point ,
) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" ;

3. (
- direct
) guide the actors in (plays and films) ;

4. (
- direct
) be in charge of ;

5. (
- lead ,
- take ,
- direct ,
- conduct ,
- guide
) take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" ;

6. (
- send ,
- direct ,
) cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" ;

7. (
- aim ,
- take ,
- train ,
- take_aim ,
- direct
) 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"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" ;

8. (
) lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" ;

9. (
- direct ,
) give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall" ;

10. (
) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public ;

11. (
- steer ,
- maneuver ,
- manoeuver ,
- manoeuvre ,
- direct ,
- point ,
- head ,
- guide ,
- channelize ,
- channelise ,
) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling ;

12. (
- address ,
- direct ,
) put an address on (an envelope) ;

13. (
) plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" ;

Adjective : DIRECT

Source:WordNet 3.1

1. (
- direct
) direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" ;

2. (
- direct ,
- unmediated
) 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" ;

3. (
- direct ,
) straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" ;

4. (
- lineal ,
- direct ,
) in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" ;

5. (
- direct ,
) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or;

6. (
- direct ,
) 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)" ;

7. (
- direct ,
) (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current" ;

8. (
- direct
) being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident" ;

9. (
- direct ,
- verbatim
) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" ;

10. (
- direct
) lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite" ;

Adverb : DIRECT

Source:WordNet 3.1

1. (
) without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" ;

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