Definition of direct
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adjective (a)
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short (adj.all)
Example: A direct route.
A direct flight.
A direct hit.
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straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action (adj.all)
Example: A direct question.
A direct response.
A direct approach.
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in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child (adj.all)
Example: A direct descendant of the king.
Direct heredity.
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moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth (adj.all)
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similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity (adj.all)
Example: A term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases).
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(of a current) flowing in one direction only (adj.all)
Example: Direct current.
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. (adjective)
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Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation. (adjective)
source: webster1913
noun (n)
A character, thus [&?;], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation. (noun)
source: webster1913
adverb (r)
without deviation (adv.all)
Example: The path leads directly to the lake.
Went direct to the office.
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adjective satellite (s)
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions (adj.all)
Example: 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.
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being an immediate result or consequence (adj.all)
Example: A direct result of the accident.
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in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker (adj.all)
Example: A direct quotation.
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lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact (adj.all)
Example: The direct opposite.
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verb (v)
command with authority (verb.communication)
Example: He directed the children to do their homework.
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intend (something) to move towards a certain goal (verb.competition)
Example: Criticism directed at her superior.
Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself.
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guide the actors in (plays and films) (verb.creation)
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be in charge of (verb.social)
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take somebody somewhere (verb.motion)
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cause to go somewhere (verb.motion)
Example: He directed all his energies into his dissertation.
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point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards (verb.competition)
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lead, as in the performance of a composition (verb.creation)
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give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction (verb.communication)
Example: I directed them towards the town hall.
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specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public (verb.cognition)
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direct the course; determine the direction of travelling (verb.motion)
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put an address on (an envelope) (verb.communication)
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plan and direct (a complex undertaking) (verb.cognition)
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To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance. (verb)
source: webster1913
To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide. (verb)
source: webster1913
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