Definition of direct

adjective (a)

• direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short (adj.all)

  Antonym: indirect
  

  Example:
  A direct route.
  A direct flight.
  A direct hit.
  

  source: wordnet30
• straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action (adj.all)

  Example:
  A direct question.
  A direct response.
  A direct approach.
  

  source: wordnet30
• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child (adj.all)

  Synonym: lineal
  Antonym: collateral, indirect
  

  Example:
  A direct descendant of the king.
  Direct heredity.
  

  source: wordnet30
• moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth (adj.all)

  Antonym: retrograde
  

  source: wordnet30
• similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity (adj.all)

  Antonym: inverse
  

  Example:
  A term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases).
  

  source: wordnet30
• (of a current) flowing in one direction only (adj.all)

  Antonym: alternating
  

  Example:
  Direct current.
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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)

  source: webster1913
• 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)

  Synonym: directly, straight
  

  Example:
  The path leads directly to the lake.
  Went direct to the office.
  

  source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

• having no intervening persons, agents, conditions (adj.all)

  Synonym: unmediated
  

  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.
  

  source: wordnet30
• being an immediate result or consequence (adj.all)

  Example:
  A direct result of the accident.
  

  source: wordnet30
• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker (adj.all)

  Synonym: verbatim
  

  Example:
  A direct quotation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact (adj.all)

  Example:
  The direct opposite.
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• command with authority (verb.communication)

  Example:
  He directed the children to do their homework.
  

  source: wordnet30
• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal (verb.competition)

  Synonym: aim, place, point, target
  

  Example:
  Criticism directed at her superior.
  Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself.
  

  source: wordnet30
• guide the actors in (plays and films) (verb.creation)

  source: wordnet30
• be in charge of (verb.social)

  Synonym: head, lead
  

  source: wordnet30
• take somebody somewhere (verb.motion)

  Synonym: conduct, guide, lead, take
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to go somewhere (verb.motion)

  Synonym: send
  

  Example:
  He directed all his energies into his dissertation.
  

  source: wordnet30
• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards (verb.competition)

  Synonym: aim, take, take aim, train
  

  source: wordnet30
• lead, as in the performance of a composition (verb.creation)

  Synonym: conduct, lead
  

  source: wordnet30
• give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction (verb.communication)

  Example:
  I directed them towards the town hall.
  

  source: wordnet30
• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: aim, calculate
  

  source: wordnet30
• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling (verb.motion)

  Synonym: channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
  

  source: wordnet30
• put an address on (an envelope) (verb.communication)

  Synonym: address
  

  source: wordnet30
• plan and direct (a complex undertaking) (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize
  

  source: wordnet30
• 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

Visual Synonyms (Thesaurus)

Explore direct in VisualSynonyms.com