Lexic.us

Definition of Directed

1. Adjective. (often used in combination) having a specified direction. "Goal-directed"

2. Adjective. Manageable by a supervising agent. "A directed program of study"

Definition of Directed

1. Adjective. In a manner emphasizing one's point of view. ¹

2. Adjective. (graph theory) Having the properties of a directed graph. ¹

3. Verb. (past of direct) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Directed

1. direct [v] - See also: direct

Lexicographical Neighbors of Directed

direct support direct supporting fire direct tax direct technique direct terminal repeat direct tide direct transfusion direct transmission direct trust direct verb

direct verbs direct vision direct vision spectroscope direct zoonosis directable directed (current term) directed acyclic word graph directed acyclic word graphs directed edge directed edges

directed graph directed graphs directed molecular evolution directed path directed verdict directedly directedness directednesses directer directest

Literary usage of Directed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be directed to pay to the Chaplain of this House the usual compensation for his services during the present session. ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1886)
"The only works directed against him during his life were a short and feeble tract, ' Remarks upon Dr. Butler's sixth chapter. ..."

3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"When the attention is not directed in any special direction or is directed to a point overhead, an irregular forward and backward as well as lateral swaying ..."

4. Forms of Judgments and Orders in the High Court of Justice and Court of by Cecil Clare Marston Dale, W. Tindal King, W. O. Goldschmidt, Sir Henry Wilmot Seton, Great Britain Court of Appeal (1901)
"For subsequent order on petition appointing a person trustee of the estates directed to be sold in the place of the several parties to the action, ..."

Other Resources: