direct in English dictionary

  • direct

    Meanings and definitions of "direct"

    • Straight, constant, without interruption.
    • Directly.
    • To manage, control, steer.
    • To aim at.
    • adjective
      Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
    • adjective
      Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
    • adjective
      Straightforward; sincere.
    • adjective
      Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
    • adjective
      In the line of descent; not collateral.
    • adjective
      (astronomy)
      In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
    • adjective
      (political science)
      Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
    • adverb
      Directly.
    • verb
      To manage, control, steer.
    • verb
      To aim (something) at (something else).
    • verb
      To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
    • verb
      To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
    • verb
      (dated)
      To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.
    • Straight, constant, without interruption
    • to manage, control, steer
    • to aim at
    • tell on (someone)
    • To point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
    • straight (ahead)
    • adjective
      being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"
    • adjective
      direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
    • 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"
    • adjective
      in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
    • adjective
      in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
    • adjective
      lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
    • adjective
      moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
    • 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
      straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
    • adverb
      without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
    • verb
      be in charge of
    • 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
      command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"
    • verb
      direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
    • verb
      give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"
    • verb
      guide the actors in (plays and films)
    • 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
      lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
    • verb
      plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
    • 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
      put an address on (an envelope)
    • verb
      specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
    • verb
      take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

    Synonyms of "direct" in English dictionary

    matrilinear, bluff, control are the top synonyms of "direct" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "direct" in English dictionary

    indirect, collateral, alternating are the top antonyms of "direct" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of direct

    • direct ( third-person singular simple present directs, present participle directing, simple past and past participle directed)
    • direct ( comparative more direct, superlative most direct)
    • direct (comparative directer, superlative directest)
    • direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)
    • direct (third-person singular simple present directs, present participle directing, simple past and past participle directed)
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