direct

Definitions of direct in various dictionaries:

verb - command with authority

verb - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

verb - guide the actors in (plays and films)

verb - be in charge of

verb - take somebody somewhere

verb - cause to go somewhere

verb - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

verb - lead, as in the performance of a composition

verb - give directions to

verb - specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

verb - direct the course

verb - put an address on (an envelope)

verb - plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

adj - direct in spatial dimensions

adj - having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

adj - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

adj - in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

adj - moving from west to east on the celestial sphere

adj - similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

adj - (of a current) flowing in one direction only

adj - being an immediate result or consequence

adj - in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

adj - lacking compromising or mitigating elements

adv - without deviation

To manage or conduct the affairs of; regulate.

To have or take charge of; control.

To cause to move toward a goal; aim.

To show or indicate the way for: directed us to the airport.

To cause to move in or follow a straight course: directed their fire at the target.

To indicate the intended recipient on (a letter, for example).

To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.

To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.

To supervise the performance of.

To give commands or directions.

To conduct a performance or rehearsal.

Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving: a direct route.

Straightforward and candid; frank: a direct response.

Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate: direct contact; direct sunlight.

Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates: direct elections.

Being of unbroken descent; lineal: a direct descendant of the monarch.

Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker: a direct quotation.

Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute: direct opposites.

Varying in the same manner as another quantity, especially increasing if another quantity increases or decreasing if it decreases.

Designating west-to-east motion of a planet in the same direction as the sun’s movement against the stars.

verb - to control or conduct the affairs of