direct
di
daÉĒ
dai
rect
ˈrɛkt
rekt
/daÉĒˈrɛkt/ , /dÉĒˈrɛkt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "direct"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

going from one place to another in a straight line without stopping or changing direction
direct definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She prefers to take the direct path through the forest rather than the winding trails.
āϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇ āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĨ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€

expressing thoughts or feelings clearly and without evasion
direct definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They valued her direct and clear feedback during the meeting.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖāĻŋāĻ•

having a clear and immediate connection between two things or people, without any intermediaries
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company prefers direct communication with its clients.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āϞāĻžāχāύ⧇

related to a straight family line, like parents, children, and their descendants

lineal

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The title is only passed to direct heirs in the family.
āĻļāĻŋāϰ⧋āύāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇

moving eastward across the sky in line with the planet's true orbit
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The comet followed a direct course, consistent with its orbit.
āϧ⧂āĻŽāϕ⧇āϤ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĨ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻĨ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āĻĒāϰāĻŽ

having a total or absolute nature, often highlighting a clear or strong contrast
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His reaction was in direct contrast to what we expected.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϝāĻž āφāĻļāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰ⧀āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āφāĻ•ā§āώāϰāĻŋāĻ•

having the exact words of the speaker or source, without any changes or paraphrasing
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The author included a direct quotation from the interview in the article.
āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āύāĻŋāĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āώāĻžā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āωāĻĻā§āϧ⧃āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϤāĻ°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to control the affairs of an organization or institution
Transitive: to direct an organization
to direct definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
By the time the CEO retired, he had successfully directed the company for two decades.
CEO āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āύ⧇āύ, āϤāĻ–āύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻĻāĻļāĻ• āϧāϰ⧇ āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to give instructions to actors and organize the scenes or flow of a movie, play, etc.
Transitive: to direct actors or a show
to direct definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She enjoys directing school plays because she gets to work closely with the young actors and help them improve.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāϟāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāϰ⧁āĻŖ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāύ⧇āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏ⧁āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻĒāĻžāύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to aim an object toward a specific target or direction
Transitive: to direct a weapon
to direct definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The photographer directed the flash toward the subject to improve lighting.
āĻĢāĻŸā§‹āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻĢāĻžāϰ āφāϞ⧋ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻļ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧀āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to purposefully channel or apply one's attention, energy, or emotions toward a specific goal, person, or task
Transitive: to direct one's effort or attention to a goal or target | to direct one's effort or attention toward a goal or target
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager directed the staff ’s efforts toward increasing sales for the quarter.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āφāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to give an order or instruction with authority
Ditransitive: to direct sb to do sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The teacher directed the students to open their textbooks to page 50.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝāĻŦāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ 50 āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āϖ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϘ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to focus or point something, such as an action, message, or object, toward a specific person, place, or target
Transitive: to direct sth at sb/sth | to direct sth toward sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They directed their fundraising efforts at supporting local schools.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to guide a group of musicians in performing music, typically as a conductor
Transitive: to direct a group of musicians
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was chosen to direct the choir for the upcoming holiday service.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϏāĻ¨ā§āύ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āϏ⧇āĻŦāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϕ⧋āϰāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to aim a product or service toward a particular audience or group
Transitive: to direct a product or service at specific consumers
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They directed their luxury brand at high-income professionals.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāϕ⧇ āωāĻšā§āϚ āφāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻĨ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to give someone clear instructions or guidance on how to reach a specific location
Transitive: to direct sb to a place
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Could you direct me to the nearest gas station?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāϤāĻŽ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāϏ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ?
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to manage and oversee the planning, coordination, and execution of activities or operations
Transitive: to direct an operation or undertaking
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was hired to direct the event, ensuring everything ran smoothly from start to finish.
āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏ⧁āϚāĻžāϰ⧁āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϚāϞāϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻžāύ⧋

to specify the recipient and destination of a letter or parcel
Transitive: to direct a parcel to a person or address
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The letter was incorrectly directed to the wrong department.
āϚāĻŋāĻ āĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ, āϏ⧋āϜāĻž

in a straight line or without turning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She walked direct to the front desk without stopping.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽā§‡āύāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻĢā§āϰāĻ¨ā§āϟ āĻĄā§‡āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ

going straight to the source or without anyone or anything else involved
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He contacted the supplier direct for the materials.
āϏ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ•āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

directly
directness
indirect
direct
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