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direct

(d/I/'r/E/kt )

adjective (a)

direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short(adj.all)

Example:
A direct route.
A direct flight.
A direct hit.

Antonym:
indirect

source: wordnet30
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action(adj.all)

Example:
A direct question.
A direct response.
A direct approach.

source: wordnet30
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child(adj.all)

Example:
A direct descendant of the king.
Direct heredity.

Synonym:
lineal
Antonym:
collateral, indirect

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moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth(adj.all)

Antonym:
retrograde

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similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity(adj.all)

Example:
A term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases).

Antonym:
inverse

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(of a current) flowing in one direction only(adj.all)

Example:
Direct current.

Antonym:
alternating

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

source: webster1913
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.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (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.(noun)

source: webster1913

adverb (r)

without deviation(adv.all)

Example:
The path leads directly to the lake.
Went direct to the office.

Synonym:
directly, straight

source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

having no intervening persons, agents, conditions(adj.all)

Example:
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.

Synonym:
unmediated

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being an immediate result or consequence(adj.all)

Example:
A direct result of the accident.

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in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker(adj.all)

Example:
A direct quotation.

Synonym:
verbatim

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lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact(adj.all)

Example:
The direct opposite.

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verb (v)

command with authority(verb.communication)

Example:
He directed the children to do their homework.

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intend (something) to move towards a certain goal(verb.competition)

Example:
Criticism directed at her superior.
Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself.

Synonym:
aim, place, point, target

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guide the actors in (plays and films)(verb.creation)

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be in charge of(verb.social)

Synonym:
head, lead

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take somebody somewhere(verb.motion)

Synonym:
conduct, guide, lead, take

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cause to go somewhere(verb.motion)

Example:
He directed all his energies into his dissertation.

Synonym:
send

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point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards(verb.competition)

Synonym:
aim, take, take aim, train

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lead, as in the performance of a composition(verb.creation)

Synonym:
conduct, lead

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give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction(verb.communication)

Example:
I directed them towards the town hall.

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specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
aim, calculate

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direct the course; determine the direction of travelling(verb.motion)

Synonym:
channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer

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put an address on (an envelope)(verb.communication)

Synonym:
address

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plan and direct (a complex undertaking)(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.(verb)

source: webster1913

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