ALL meanings of direct
di·rect
D d - adjective direct (of dye colors) working without the use of a mordant; substantive. 1
- adverb direct in a direct manner; directly; straight: Answer me direct. 1
- adjective direct Direct means moving towards a place or object, without changing direction and without stopping, for example in a journey. 0
- adjective direct Direct is also an adverb. 0
- adjective direct If something is in direct heat or light, it is strongly affected by the heat or light, because there is nothing between it and the source of heat or light to protect it. 0
- adjective direct You use direct to describe an experience, activity, or system which only involves the people, actions, or things that are necessary to make it happen. 0
- adjective direct You use direct to emphasize the closeness of a connection between two things. 0
- adjective direct If you describe a person or their behaviour as direct, you mean that they are honest and open, and say exactly what they mean. 0
- verb direct If you direct something at a particular thing, you aim or point it at that thing. 0
- verb direct If your attention, emotions, or actions are directed at a particular person or thing, you are focusing them on that person or thing. 0
- verb direct If a remark or look is directed at you, someone says something to you or looks at you. 0
- verb direct If you direct someone somewhere, you tell them how to get there. 0
- verb direct When someone directs a project or a group of people, they are responsible for organizing the people and activities that are involved. 0
- verb direct When someone directs a film, play, or television programme, they are responsible for the way in which it is performed and for telling the actors and assistants what to do. 0
- verb direct If you are directed to do something, someone in authority tells you to do it. 0
- adjective direct If you are a direct descendant of someone, you are related to them through your parents and your grandparents and so on. 0
- verb direct to regulate, conduct, or control the affairs of 0
- verb direct to give commands or orders with authority to (a person or group) 0
- verb direct to tell or show (someone) the way to a place 0
- verb direct to aim, point, or cause to move towards a goal 0
- verb direct to address (a letter, parcel, etc) 0
- verb direct to address (remarks, words, etc) 0
- verb direct to provide guidance to (actors, cameramen, etc) in the rehearsal of a play or the filming of a motion picture 0
- verb direct To manage, control, steer. 0
- verb direct to conduct (a piece of music or musicians), usually while performing oneself 0
- verb direct To aim (something) at (something else). 0
- adjective direct without delay or evasion; straightforward 0
- verb direct To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way. 0
- adjective direct without turning aside; uninterrupted; shortest; straight 0
- verb direct To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order. 0
- adjective direct without intervening persons or agencies; immediate 0
- verb direct (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent. 0
- adjective direct honest; frank; candid 0
- adjective direct Proceeding without deviation or interruption. 0
- adjective direct precise; exact 0
- adjective direct Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end. 0
- abbreviation DIRECT diametrical 0
- adjective direct Straightforward; sincere. 0
- adjective direct in an unbroken line of descent, as from father to son over succeeding generations 0
- adjective direct Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. 0
- adjective direct (of government, decisions, etc) by or from the electorate rather than through representatives 0
- adjective direct In the line of descent; not collateral. 0
- adjective direct (of a proof) progressing from the premises to the conclusion, rather than eliminating the possibility of the falsehood of the conclusion 0
- adjective direct (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body. 0
- adjective direct moving from west to east on the celestial sphere 0
- adjective direct (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates. 0
- adjective direct of or relating to direct current 0
- adverb direct Directly. 0
- adjective direct (of a secondary induced current) having the same direction as the primary current 0
- adjective direct (of motion) in the same direction 0