Meaning & Definition of Direct in English
Direct
verb
1. Command with authority
- "He directed the children to do their homework"
- direct
2. 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"
- target,
- aim,
- place,
- direct,
- point
3. Guide the actors in (plays and films)
- direct
4. Be in charge of
- direct
5. Take somebody somewhere
- "We lead him to our chief"
- "Can you take me to the main entrance?"
- "He conducted us to the palace"
- lead,
- take,
- direct,
- conduct,
- guide
6. 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"
- send,
- direct
7. 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"
- aim,
- take,
- train,
- take aim,
- direct
8. Lead, as in the performance of a composition
- "Conduct an orchestra
- Barenboim conducted the chicago symphony for years"
- conduct,
- lead,
- direct
9. Give directions to
- Point somebody into a certain direction
- "I directed them towards the town hall"
- direct
10. Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- calculate,
- aim,
- direct
11. Direct the course
- Determine the direction of travelling
- steer,
- maneuver,
- manoeuver,
- manoeuvre,
- direct,
- point,
- head,
- guide,
- channelize,
- channelise
12. Put an address on (an envelope)
- address,
- direct
13. Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- "He masterminded the robbery"
- mastermind,
- engineer,
- direct,
- organize,
- organise,
- orchestrate
adjective
1. Direct in spatial dimensions
- Proceeding without deviation or interruption
- Straight and short
- "A direct route"
- "A direct flight"
- "A direct hit"
- direct
2. 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"
- direct,
- unmediated
3. Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- "A direct question"
- "A direct response"
- "A direct approach"
- direct
4. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
- "Lineal ancestors"
- "Lineal heirs"
- "A direct descendant of the king"
- "Direct heredity"
- lineal,
- direct
5. Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere
- Or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the earth
- direct
6. 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)"
- direct
7. (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- "Direct current"
- direct
8. Being an immediate result or consequence
- "A direct result of the accident"
- direct
9. In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- "A direct quotation"
- "Repeated their dialog verbatim"
- direct,
- verbatim
10. Lacking compromising or mitigating elements
- Exact
- "The direct opposite"
- direct
adverb
1. Without deviation
- "The path leads directly to the lake"
- "Went direct to the office"
- directly,
- straight,
- direct