Definition of "direct" :
| (adjective): | lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite" |
| (adjective): | direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" |
| (adjective): | (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current" |
| (adjective): | straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" |
| (adjective): | 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)" |
| (adjective): | moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth |
| (adjective): | 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" |
| (adjective): | in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" |
| (adjective): | in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" |
| (adjective): | being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident" |
| (adverb): | without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" |
| (verb): | plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" |
| (verb): | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |
| (verb): | command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework" |
| (verb): | give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall" |
| (verb): | put an address on (an envelope) |
| (verb): | 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" |
| (verb): | 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" |
| (verb): | guide the actors in (plays and films) |
| (verb): | lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" |
| (verb): | 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" |
| (verb): | take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" |
| (verb): | be in charge of |
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