direct
verb
- 1
To manage, control, steer.
“to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army”
- 2
To aim (something) at (something else).
“He directed his question to the room in general.”
- 3
To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
“He directed me to the left-hand road.”
- 4
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
“She directed them to leave immediately.”
- 5
To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.
“to direct a letter”
adjective
- 1
Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- 2
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
“the most direct route between two buildings”
- 3
Straightforward; sincere.
- 4
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
- 5
In the line of descent; not collateral.
“a descendant in the direct line”
- 6
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.
- 7
Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
“direct nomination; direct legislation”
- 8
(travel) having a single flight number.
Antonyms
adverb
- 1
Directly.
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