Other Definitions
direct (enc)
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Direct| Verb | 1. | direct - command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"order, enjoin, tell, say - give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" stet - printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative) | | | 2. | direct - 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"address - direct a question at someone aim, take aim, train, direct, take - aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "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" | | | 3. | direct - guide the actors in (plays and films)create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" | | | 4. | direct - be in charge ofhold, give, have, throw, make - organize or be responsible for; "hold a reception"; "have, throw, or make a party"; "give a course" handle, manage, care, deal - be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" guide, steer - be a guiding force, as with directions or advice; "The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses" head, lead - be in charge of; "Who is heading this project?" operate, run - direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" | | | 5. | direct - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"hand - guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" usher, show - show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats" | | | 6. | direct - 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"cast, contrive, throw, project - put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light" move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" turn - channel one's attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something; "The pedophile turned to boys for satisfaction"; "people turn to mysticism at the turn of a millenium" turn - to send or let go; "They turned away the crowd at the gate of the governor's mansion" divert - send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one route - send via a specific route refer - send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee" airt, redirect - channel into a new direction; "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists" blow - cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry" | | | 7. | direct - aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "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"target, direct, aim, place, point - 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" draw a bead on - aim with a gun; "The hunter drew a bead on the rabbit" hold - aim, point, or direct; "Hold the fire extinguisher directly on the flames" turn - direct at someone; "She turned a smile on me"; "They turned their flashlights on the car" swing - hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement; "The soccer player began to swing at the referee" point, level, charge - direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" level - aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody" position - cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | | | 8. | direct - lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" perform, do, execute - carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" conduct - lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern pieces" | | | 9. | direct - give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"point the way - indicate the right path or direction; "The sign pointed the way to London" | | | 10. | direct - specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | | | 11. | direct - direct the course; determine the direction of travellingdriving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal dock - haul into a dock; "dock the ships" sheer - cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" pull over - steer a vehicle to the side of the road; "The car pulled over when the ambulance approached at high speed" crab - direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind navigate - direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the altar" starboard - turn to the right, of helms or rudders conn - conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane navigate, pilot - act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" corner - force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape park - maneuver a vehicle into a parking space; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?" control, command - exercise authoritative control or power over; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" | | | 12. | direct - put an address on (an envelope, for example)re-address - put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding label - assign a label to; designate with a label; "These students were labelled `learning disabled'" | | | 13. | direct - plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"plan - make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" choreograph - plan and oversee the development and details of; "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed" | | | Adj. | 1. | direct - direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"straight - having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders" indirect - not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "must take an indirect couse in sailing" | | | 2. | direct - immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"immediate - having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence" | | | 3. | direct - extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"honest, honorable - not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight" indirect - extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action; "making indirect but legitimate inquiries"; "an indirect insult"; "doubtless they had some indirect purpose in mind"; "though his methods are indirect they are not dishonest"; "known as a shady indirect fellow" | | | 4. | direct - in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"related - connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage | | | 5. | direct - moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earthastronomy, uranology - the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole retrograde - moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth | | | 6. | direct - 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)"math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement inverse - opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity ; "a term is in inverse proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other decreases (or increases)" | | | 7. | direct - of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating; "direct current"electricity - a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons alternating - of a current that reverses direction at regular intervals; "alternating current" | | | 8. | direct - as an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"primary - of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondhand; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest" | | | 9. | direct - in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"exact - marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target" | | | 10. | direct - effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives; "many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College"democratic - characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier | | | 11. | direct - exact; "the direct opposite"absolute - perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol" | | | Adv. | 1. | direct - without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" | |
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