English dictionary
direct
adjectivePronunciation
d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements
adjective
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
adjective
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
adjective
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
adjective
- similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
adjective
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
adjective
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
adjective
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
adjective
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
adjective
- being an immediate result or consequence
adverb
- without deviation
verb
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
verb
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
verb
- command with authority
verb
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
verb
- put an address on (an envelope)
verb
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
verb
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
verb
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
verb
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
verb
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
verb
- cause to go somewhere
verb
- take somebody somewhere
verb
- govern or manage
Example sentences
the direct opposite
a direct route
a direct flight
a direct hit
direct current
a direct question
a direct response
a direct approach
a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
in direct sunlight
in direct contact with the voters
direct exposure to the disease
a direct link
the direct cause of the accident
a direct quotation
repeated their dialog verbatim
lineal ancestors
lineal heirs
a direct descendant of the king
direct heredity
a direct result of the accident
the path leads directly to the lake
went direct to the office
he masterminded the robbery
He directed the children to do their homework
I directed them towards the town hall
He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
criticism directed at her superior
direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
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
conduct an orchestra
Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
The explosion sent the car flying in the air
She sent her children to camp
He directed all his energies into his dissertation
we led him to our chief
can you take me to the main entrance?
He conducted us to the palace