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Definition of Direct

1. Adverb. Without deviation. "Went direct to the office"

2. Verb. Command with authority. "They direct him to write the letter"; "He directed the children to do their homework"

3. Adjective. Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short. "A direct hit"

4. Adjective. Having no intervening persons, agents, conditions. "Direct vote"

5. Verb. Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal. "Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

6. Adjective. Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action. "A direct approach"

7. Verb. Guide the actors in (plays and films). "Sam and Sue direct the movie "

8. Adjective. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child. ; "Direct heredity"

9. Verb. Be in charge of.

10. Verb. Take somebody somewhere. "The men direct the horses across the field"; "He conducted us to the palace"

11. Adjective. Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth.

12. 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)"

13. Verb. Cause to go somewhere. "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

14. Adjective. (of a current) flowing in one direction only. "Direct current"

15. Verb. Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards. "Take a swipe at one's opponent"

16. Verb. Lead, as in the performance of a composition. "Conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

17. Adjective. Being an immediate result or consequence. "A direct result of the accident"

18. Verb. Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction. "I directed them towards the town hall"

19. Adjective. In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker. "Repeated their dialog verbatim"

20. Adjective. Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact. "The direct opposite"

21. Verb. Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.

22. Verb. Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. "The men direct the boat "

23. Verb. Put an address on (an envelope).

24. Verb. Plan and direct (a complex undertaking). ; "He masterminded the robbery"

Definition of Direct

1. a. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

2. v. t. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

3. v. i. To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

4. n. A character, thus [&?;], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.

5. a. Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation.

Definition of Direct

1. Adjective. Straight, constant, without interruption. ¹

2. Adverb. Directly. ¹

3. Verb. To manage, control, steer. ¹

4. Verb. To aim at. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Direct

1. straightforward [adj -RECTER, -RECTEST] : DIRECTLY [adv] / to control or conduct the affairs of [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: straightforward

Medical Definition of Direct

1. 1. Straight, in a straight line. 2. Performed immediately and without the intervention of subsidiary means. Origin: L. Directus This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Direct

dir prop diradiation diradical diradicaloid diradicals diram dirams dirdam dirdams dirdum

dirdums dire dire straits dire wolf direcshun direct (current term) direct-current direct-grant school direct-object direct-to-video

direct-verb direct B-cell direct Coombs' test direct acrylic restoration direct action direct activist direct agglutination direct antonym direct bilirubin direct bone impression

Literary usage of Direct

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

1. Convention by National Electric Light Association Convention, National Independent Meat Packers Association, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, University of Georgia Dept. of Food Science (1905)
"Sum up the relative advantages and economy of using direct-current enclosed-arc ... The direct-current lamps give a better distribution of light than the ..."

2. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Speech as a form \/ of behavior thus lacks that direct relation to the outer ... Writing at first direct in form. The earliest stages of writing were those ..."

3. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David ( Hume (1898)
"Of the direct Passions^ 'Tis easy to observe, that the passions, both direct and indirect, are founded on pain and pleasure, and that in order to produce an ..."

4. The Operation of the Initiative, Referendum and Recall in Oregon by James Duff Barnett (1915)
"CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION i The Adoption of the System of direct Legislation •;•.. THE state constitution of 1859 provided for an obligatory referendum on ..."

5. A Complete Latin Grammar by Albert Harkness (1898)
"As direct Object and Predicate; see 410. 3. As Double Object — Person ... As direct Object with Infinitive; see 414. 5. As Subject of Infinitive; see 415. ..."

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