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direct

/d/I/'r/E/kt/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

    adj.all

    Examples
    A direct route.
    A direct flight.
    A direct hit.
    Antonyms indirect

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

    adj.all

    Examples
    A direct question.
    A direct response.
    A direct approach.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

    adj.all

    Examples
    A direct descendant of the king.
    Direct heredity.
    Synonyms lineal
    Antonyms collateral indirect

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    adj.all

    Antonyms retrograde

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

    adj.all

    Examples
    A term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases).
    Antonyms inverse

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. (of a current) flowing in one direction only

    adj.all

    Examples
    Direct current.
    Antonyms alternating

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a <i>direct</i> line; <i>direct</i> means.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

  8. Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, <i>direct</i> nomination, <i>direct</i> legislation.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. 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

  1. without deviation

    adv.all

    Examples
    The path leads directly to the lake.
    Went direct to the office.
    Synonyms directly straight

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

    adj.all

    Examples
    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.
    Synonyms unmediated

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. being an immediate result or consequence

    adj.all

    Examples
    A direct result of the accident.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

    adj.all

    Examples
    A direct quotation.
    Synonyms verbatim

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact

    adj.all

    Examples
    The direct opposite.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. command with authority

    verb.communication

    Examples
    He directed the children to do their homework.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

    verb.competition

    Examples
    Criticism directed at her superior.
    Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself.
    Synonyms aim place point target

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. guide the actors in (plays and films)

    verb.creation

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. be in charge of

    verb.social

    Synonyms head lead

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. take somebody somewhere

    verb.motion

    Synonyms conduct guide lead take

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. cause to go somewhere

    verb.motion

    Examples
    He directed all his energies into his dissertation.
    Synonyms send

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    verb.competition

    Synonyms aim take take aim train

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. lead, as in the performance of a composition

    verb.creation

    Synonyms conduct lead

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

    verb.communication

    Examples
    I directed them towards the town hall.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

    verb.cognition

    Synonyms aim calculate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  11. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    verb.motion

    Synonyms channelise channelize guide head maneuver manoeuver manoeuvre point steer

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  12. put an address on (an envelope)

    verb.communication

    Synonyms address

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  13. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

    verb.cognition

    Synonyms engineer mastermind orchestrate organise organize

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  14. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to <i>direct</i> an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  15. To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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