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Meaning direct meaning

What does direct mean?
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direct Adjective

— If something is direct, it is straight and as short as possible with nothing extra in between. It's a direct flight from Tokyo to Toronto with no stop in Vancouver. These improvement are a direct result of the recent changes. In talking to the president, she was more direct: "Your product is making me sick." There is growing contact, both direct and indirect, between the people.

direct Verb

— If you direct something somewhere, you point it there. He directed his light to the corner where he heard the noise. Can you please direct your attention to the screen. Can you direct me to the station, please? — If you direct something such as an organisation, you are in charge of if. She directed the investigation into the crash. — If you direct a play or film, you tell the actors how to act. — If you direct something, you tell people what to do. He directed that the money go to the church after he died. Please close your books where you are directed to do so.

direct Adverb

— If you go somewhere or do something direct, you do so by the shortest route without anything extra in between.

direct

— adjective direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short a direct route a direct flight a direct hit — verb command with authority He directed the children to do their homework — 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 — verb (= aim) 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) — verb be in charge of — adjective straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action a direct question a direct response a direct approach — verb (= send) 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 (= lead, take, conduct) take somebody somewhere We lead him to our chief can you take me to the main entrance? He conducted us to the palace — verb (= aim, take, train) 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 (= conduct, lead) 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 (= calculate) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public — adjective (of a current) flowing in one direction only direct current — 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 lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact the direct opposite — adjective (= verbatim) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker a direct quotation repeated their dialog verbatim — adjective being an immediate result or consequence a direct result of the accident — adjective (= lineal) in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child lineal ancestors lineal heirs a direct descendant of the king direct heredity — verb (= address) put an address on (an envelope) — adverb (= directly) without deviation the path leads directly to the lake went direct to the office — verb (= mastermind) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) he masterminded the robbery — verb direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Synonyms direct synonyms

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direct English » English

guide straight lead manage order command conduct control aim instruct immediate steer head govern straightforward supervise point frank administer address show rule upright prescribe send run bid train fix directly teach right honest forthright candid turn tell take regulate preside open indicate drive orient handle focus erect enjoin decree charge

Topics direct topics

What do people use direct to talk about?
Physical actions Move Travel

Way, route
Language and thought Communication Say True

Tell the truth
Language and thought Communication Mass communication

Movie
Social behavior Authority Exercise authority

Lead
Social behavior Authority Exercise authority

Command
Work and occupation Business organization

Management
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move straight without turning
Physical actions Physical impact

Aim at a target
States Quality Shape

Straight
Grammar Part of speech Pronouns

Personally

  • What words are used to indicate that you do something yourself, rather than through someone else?
    personally in person direct
Social behavior Relationships Kinship

Related by birth
Social behavior Law Trial

Accuse, confront

Conjugation direct conjugation

How do you conjugate direct?

direct · verb

Examples direct examples

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Simple sentences

Italian is a direct descendant of Latin.
Your questions were too direct.
Sorry to be so direct, but how much did you pay for this?
Direct flights between New York and Tokyo commenced recently.
It is a system of direct exchange of goods.
Is it a direct flight?
Don't expose the plant to direct sunlight.
Don't expose this chemical to direct sunlight.
May I direct your attention to this?
Taxes consist of direct taxes and indirect ones.
There is a direct flight from Tokyo to London.
Paintings should not be exposed to direct sunlight.
This is a direct road to London.
I'm lost. Could you direct me to the station?
It should be added that his remarks had no direct influence on the constituency.
Can you direct me to the post office?
I have been asked by a reader about free and direct translations.

Movie subtitles

That was the last direct contact I had with the coffin.
There's hardly going to be hordes of patients going direct from Family Planning to Antenatal.
What the hell don't you take the direct route for?
Right flank, direct your fire closer to the hillside.
I did hear they'd got a real criminal to direct it.
I insist on keeping her here under our direct observation.
Can you direct me to Blandford Street, please?
I would suggest you make your speech a little more direct than your brother's.
They try to buy it direct.
I'll direct my questions to you, Miss Jane.
His answers were direct.
Now answer direct, yes or no.
I can't get in touch with the governor direct.
If you will be good enough to direct us to your lamasery.
Kindly direct your attention to this.
How may I direct your call?
The deed indicates that its owner is a direct heir to Genghis Khan!
He worked with Robert Florey, who at that time was slated to direct The Invisible Man.
A later draft of Balderston's was done with the collaboration of Cyril Gardner, who for a while was going to direct the film.
We Swedes are more direct.
I wonder if you could direct us to the best hotel in your fair city.
That's their third direct hit.
There, gentlemen, is the direct result of listening to my plea.
Tahiti direct by Cape Horn.
Tahiti direct, sir.
Tahiti direct, Mr. Christian.
I ask you direct your attention to me.
How may I direct your call? Hi.
Direct hit of the artillery, observation.
I only direct the work of others.
When I ask a question, I like a direct answer.
I am Nina Ivanovna Yakushova, Envoy Extraordinary. acting under direct orders of Comrade Commissar Razinin.
You'll find her very direct.
If she should ask for me, direct her to me here.
Alone in his never-finished, already decaying pleasure palace aloof, seldom visited, never photographed an emperor of newsprint continued to direct his failing empire.
Under no circumstances are direct quotes from his manuscript to be used by you.
Prayer is only another name for good, clean, direct thinking.
Serves me right for asking a direct question.
I haven't gotten to the lesson on direct objects.
I know you spoke last night. of the lesson about direct objects.
Well, that ain't direct enough for me.

News and current affairs

But science might also offer more direct ways of influencing our brains.
They should organize new online entities in which they pay a fee for direct investigative reporting, unmediated by corporate pressures.
The single most immediate and direct impact of having an independent fiscal policy would be to reign in spending by producing a counterpoint to Panglossian government growth and revenue forecasts.
If monetary policy is not effective, the only lever the American government has to manage its economy is fiscal policy: changes in the government's tax and spending plans to change the government's direct contribution to aggregate demand.
And lower profitability will reduce pay more effectively than any direct regulatory controls.
Their direct motive is to help others, and their giving makes them happier only as a consequence of the fact that it does help others.
If one looks at foreign direct investment, it is clear that the two sides of the Atlantic are closely integrated.
There is, of course, a danger that at some point Putin may choose to lash out and create a truly massive international crisis, and perhaps precipitate some new form of direct East-West warfare.
The US will then face not only the direct effects of a fiscal drag, but also its indirect effect on private spending.
But this direct link between higher household saving and a lower dollar will only be forged if higher household saving is not outweighed by a rise in government dis-saving, i.e., by a larger government deficit.
Better to let the Americans do it, though of course these Shi'a leaders prefer a slow strangulation of al-Sadr to a direct and bloody assault.
Would Russia otherwise have dared to threaten to re-direct its nuclear missiles at European cities?
That's achievable if the World Bank, donor governments, and poor countries direct their attention to the urgent needs of the world's poorest farmers.
Moreover, there is a direct relationship between the EMU countries' private-sector debt dynamics and their current-account imbalances within the euro zone.
Sure, some might argue that inflation-indexed bonds offer a better and more direct inflation hedge than gold.
Integrated by the leader's charisma and party discipline, party members will direct and unify the desolated country.
Almost simultaneously, Thein Sein offered even stronger signals that his was a very different Burmese administration: he freed political prisoners and invited Suu Kyi for direct talks with him.
In fact, only the UK is visibly opting for a more coordinated and direct way to counter the persistent shortfalls stemming from the private part of the credit crisis.
Environmental issues are of paramount importance in marginal countries because their impact on human survival is immediate and direct.
The significance of the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 is not the relatively low magnitude of Japan's direct impact on the broader global economy.
Nonetheless, India does need new laws - direct and enforceable - that clamp down on the cultural practices that underpin destructive traditions.
Direct-to-consumer advertisements that refer individuals to screening questionnaires can result in patients suggesting to their doctors that they have bipolar disorder.
But he refused, even under direct questioning by reporters, to reveal an exact date.
Every percentage-point fall in growth has direct social consequences, whether on nutrition levels, infant mortality, or school attendance.
Under the worst-case outcome of a complete disruption to the Japanese economy, the direct repercussions on the United States and Chinese economies would be small - shaving no more than a few tenths of a percentage point off their annual growth rates.
The US and Europe are in direct competition with Brazil, China, India, and other emerging economies, where wage levels are sometimes one-quarter those in high-income countries (if not even lower).

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