Direct meanings. All definitions of Direct

noun direct With no one or nothing in between. 1

adjective direct straight 1

adjective direct lineal 1

adjective direct math: proportion 1

adjective direct plain speaking 1

adjective direct consequential 1

adjective direct straightforward 1

adverb direct without interruption 1

adjective direct with personal contact 1

adjective direct exact 1

adjective direct accounting: cost type 1

adjective direct quotation, equivalent: exact 1

abbreviation DIRECT directly 1

intransitive verb direct play, film 1

transitive verb direct manage 1

transitive verb direct command 1

transitive verb direct guide, instruct 1

transitive verb direct theatre, music: lead 1

transitive verb direct address in speech 1

transitive verb direct address: a letter, package 1

transitive verb direct aim, target 1

transitive verb direct aim: remarks 1

transitive verb direct give directions 1

transitive verb direct actor 1

verb with object direct to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time. 1

verb with object direct to regulate the course of; control: History is directed by a small number of great men and women. 1

verb with object direct to administer; manage; supervise: She directs the affairs of the estate. 1

verb with object direct to give authoritative instructions to; command; order or ordain: I directed him to leave the room. 1

verb with object direct to serve as a director in the production or performance of (a musical work, play, motion picture, etc.). 1

verb with object direct to guide, tell, or show (a person) the way to a place: I directed him to the post office. 1

verb with object direct to point, aim, or send toward a place or object: to direct radio waves around the globe. 1

verb with object direct to channel or focus toward a given result, object, or end (often followed by to or toward): She directed all her energies toward the accomplishment of the work. 1

verb with object direct to address (words, a speech, a written report, etc.) to a person or persons: The secretary directed his remarks to two of the committee members. 1

verb with object direct to address (a letter, package, etc.) to an intended recipient. 1

verb without object direct to act as a guide. 1

verb without object direct to give commands or orders. 1

verb without object direct to serve as the director of a play, film, orchestra, etc. 1

adjective direct proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique: a direct route. 1

adjective direct proceeding in an unbroken line of descent; lineal rather than collateral: a direct descendant. 1

adjective direct Mathematics. (of a proportion) containing terms of which an increase (or decrease) in one results in an increase (or decrease) in another: a term is said to be in direct proportion to another term if one increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases). (of a function) the function itself, in contrast to its inverse. Compare inverse (def 2). 1

adjective direct without intervening persons, influences, factors, etc.; immediate; personal: direct contact with the voters; direct exposure to a disease. 1

adjective direct straightforward; frank; candid: the direct remarks of a forthright individual. 1

adjective direct absolute; exact: the direct opposite. 1

adjective direct consisting exactly of the words originally used; verbatim: direct quotation. 1

adjective direct Government. of or by action of voters, which takes effect without representatives or another intervening agency, as in direct democracy. 1

adjective direct inevitable; consequential: War will be a direct result of such political action. 1

adjective direct allocated for or arising from a particular known agency, process, job, etc.: The new machine was listed by the accountant as a direct cost. 1

adjective direct Electricity. of or relating to direct current. 1

adjective direct Astronomy. moving in an orbit in the same direction as the earth in its revolution around the sun. appearing to move on the celestial sphere in the direction of the natural order of the signs of the zodiac, from west to east. Compare retrograde (def 4). 1

adjective direct Surveying. (of a telescope) in its normal position; not inverted or transited. 1

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