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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.

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reaction Noun

— A reaction is an action that happens because of another action. When he asked her to lunch, her first reaction was to say no. In part, McKenna sees the move to smaller cars as a natural reaction to rising gasoline prices. Fast reaction times are common in athletes. When oxygen is added, a chemical reaction begins and heat is released. A severe allergic reaction to the drug has killed five Americans.

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channel Noun

— The bottom and sides ("banks") of a river or other place where water moves. — The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water. — The part of a river where boats can pass. We have to keep our boat in the channel. — A narrow body of water between two land masses. The English Channel lies between France and England. — The part that connects a data source to a data sink. A channel stretches between them. — A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals. We are using one of the 24 channels. — A path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair cable. The channel is created by bonding the signals from these four pairs. — A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such as by frequency or time-division multiplexing. Their call is being carried on channel 6 of the T-1 line. — A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined letter, number, or codeword, and allocated by international agreement. KNDD is the channel at 107.7 MHz in Seattle. — A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television. NBC is on channel 11 in San Jose. — The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading or writing station or head. This chip in this disk drive is the channel device. — The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up. The liquid is pressurized in the lateral channel.

channel Verb

— If you channel something, you direct its flow. We will channel the cars to the left. — To take on the personality of another person. When it is my turn to sing Karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.

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