English to English adjective
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direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short |  | Example: a direct route a direct flight a direct hit
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straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action |  | Example: a direct question a direct response a direct approach
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in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child |  | Example: lineal ancestors lineal heirs a direct descendant of the king direct heredity
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moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth |  | source: wordnet30
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similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity |  | Example: a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
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(of a current) flowing in one direction only |  | Example: direct current
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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. |  | source: webster1913
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Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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having no intervening persons, agents, conditions |  | Example: in direct sunlight in direct contact with the voters direct exposure to the disease a direct link the direct cause of the accident direct vote
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being an immediate result or consequence |  | Example: a direct result of the accident
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in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker |  | Example: a direct quotation repeated their dialog verbatim
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lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact |  | Example: the direct opposite
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without deviation |  | Example: the path leads directly to the lake went direct to the office
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A character, thus [&?;], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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command with authority |  | Example: He directed the children to do their homework
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intend (something) to move towards a certain goal |  | Example: He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face criticism directed at her superior direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
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guide the actors in (plays and films) |  | source: wordnet30
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be in charge of |  | source: wordnet30
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take somebody somewhere |  | Example: We lead him to our chief can you take me to the main entrance? He conducted us to the palace
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cause to go somewhere |  | Example: The explosion sent the car flying in the air She sent her children to camp He directed all his energies into his dissertation
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point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards |  | Example: 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
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lead, as in the performance of a composition |  | Example: conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
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give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction |  | Example: I directed them towards the town hall
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specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |  | source: wordnet30
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direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |  | source: wordnet30
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put an address on (an envelope) |  | source: wordnet30
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plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |  | Example: he masterminded the robbery
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To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance. |  | source: webster1913
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To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide. |  | source: webster1913
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