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