ALL meanings of self-directing
self-di·rect
S s - verb with object self-directing to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time. 1
- verb with object self-directing to regulate the course of; control: History is directed by a small number of great men and women. 1
- verb with object self-directing to administer; manage; supervise: She directs the affairs of the estate. 1
- verb with object self-directing to give authoritative instructions to; command; order or ordain: I directed him to leave the room. 1
- verb with object self-directing to serve as a director in the production or performance of (a musical work, play, motion picture, etc.). 1
- verb with object self-directing to guide, tell, or show (a person) the way to a place: I directed him to the post office. 1
- verb with object self-directing to point, aim, or send toward a place or object: to direct radio waves around the globe. 1
- verb with object self-directing 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 self-directing 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 self-directing to address (a letter, package, etc.) to an intended recipient. 1
- verb without object self-directing to act as a guide. 1
- verb without object self-directing to give commands or orders. 1
- verb without object self-directing to serve as the director of a play, film, orchestra, etc. 1
- adjective self-directing proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique: a direct route. 1
- adjective self-directing proceeding in an unbroken line of descent; lineal rather than collateral: a direct descendant. 1
- adjective self-directing 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 self-directing without intervening persons, influences, factors, etc.; immediate; personal: direct contact with the voters; direct exposure to a disease. 1
- adjective self-directing straightforward; frank; candid: the direct remarks of a forthright individual. 1
- adjective self-directing absolute; exact: the direct opposite. 1
- adjective self-directing consisting exactly of the words originally used; verbatim: direct quotation. 1
- adjective self-directing Government. of or by action of voters, which takes effect without representatives or another intervening agency, as in direct democracy. 1
- adjective self-directing inevitable; consequential: War will be a direct result of such political action. 1
- adjective self-directing 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 self-directing Electricity. of or relating to direct current. 1
- adjective self-directing 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 self-directing Surveying. (of a telescope) in its normal position; not inverted or transited. 1
- adjective self-directing (of dye colors) working without the use of a mordant; substantive. 1
- adverb self-directing in a direct manner; directly; straight: Answer me direct. 1