'Direct' definitions:
Definition of 'direct'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" [syn: directly, straight, direct]
adjective
Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" [ant: indirect]
adjective
Having no intervening persons, agents, conditions; "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" [syn: direct, unmediated]
adjective
Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" [ant: indirect]
adjective
In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn: lineal, direct] [ant: collateral, indirect]
adjective
Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth [ant: retrograde]
adjective
Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)" [ant: inverse]
adjective
(of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current" [ant: alternating]
adjective
Being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"
adjective
In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" [syn: direct, verbatim]
adjective
Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
verb
Command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"
verb
Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place, direct, point]
verb
Guide the actors in (plays and films)
verb
Be in charge of
verb
Take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide]
verb
Cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" [syn: send, direct]
verb
Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "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" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim, direct]
verb
Lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" [syn: conduct, lead, direct]
verb
Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"
verb
Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public [syn: calculate, aim, direct]
verb
Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling [syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise]
verb
Put an address on (an envelope) [syn: address, direct]
verb
Plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" [syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate]
Definition of 'Direct'
From: GCIDE
- Direct \Di*rect"\, a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct: cf. F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.]
- 1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. [1913 Webster]
- What is direct to, what slides by, the question. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken. [1913 Webster]
- Be even and direct with me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. [1913 Webster]
- He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- A direct and avowed interference with elections. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- 4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Astron.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Political Science) 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Direct action. (a) (Mach.) See Direct-acting. (b) (Trade unions) See Syndicalism, below. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted without change in its form; as, he said "I can not come;" -- correlative to indirect discourse, in which there is change of form; as, he said that he could not come. They are often called respectively by their Latin names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua.
- Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or not inferential; -- opposed to circumstantial evidence, or indirect evidence. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal, since there is no direct evidence that is not circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its credibility. --Wharton.
- Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott.
- Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet aimed at.
- Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight.
- Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or customs, and from excise. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Direct'
From: GCIDE
- Direct \Di*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Directed; p. pr. & vb. n. Directing.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road. [1913 Webster]
- The Lord direct your into the love of God. --2 Thess. iii. 5. [1913 Webster]
- The next points to which I will direct your attention. --Lubbock. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army. [1913 Webster]
- I will direct their work in truth. --Is. lxi. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go. [1913 Webster]
- I 'll first direct my men what they shall do. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.
- Syn: To guide; lead; conduct; dispose; manage; regulate; order; instruct; command. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Direct'
From: GCIDE
- Direct \Di*rect"\, v. i. To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide. [1913 Webster]
- Wisdom is profitable to direct. --Eccl. x. 10. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Direct'
From: GCIDE
- Direct \Di*rect"\, n. (Mus.) 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. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'direct'
From: GCIDE
- Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch, sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr. tangere, tactum, to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Task, Taste.]
- 1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government. [1913 Webster]
- A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors, proverbially the most rapacious. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] (b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
- Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or indirect, etc. [1913 Webster] (c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy tax on time or health. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate; assessment; exaction; custom; demand. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'direct'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- address,
- address to,
- administer,
- administrate,
- advise,
- advocate,
- aim,
- aim at,
- allude to,
- apply,
- appoint,
- arrowlike,
- articulated,
- artless,
- ascetic,
- assign,
- Attic,
- austere,
- bald,
- bare,
- be master,
- be responsible for,
- beam,
- bend,
- bid,
- bluff,
- blunt,
- born yesterday,
- brief,
- bring to attention,
- bring to notice,
- broad,
- broaden the mind,
- brusque,
- buckle down,
- call attention to,
- call on,
- call the shots,
- call the signals,
- call upon,
- candid,
- captain,
- carry on,
- carry out,
- carry through,
- cast,
- catechize,
- categorical,
- catenated,
- ceaseless,
- chair,
- charge,
- chart a course,
- chaste,
- childlike,
- Ciceronian,
- cite,
- civilize,
- classic,
- clean-cut,
- clear,
- clear as crystal,
- clear as day,
- clear-cut,
- close,
- coach,
- coherent,
- command,
- commission,
- common,
- commonplace,
- concatenated,
- cond,
- conduct,
- conduct to,
- confer,
- confiding,
- conn,
- connected,
- consistent,
- constant,
- consult with,
- contiguous,
- continual,
- continued,
- continuing,
- continuous,
- control,
- counsel,
- coxswain,
- crisp,
- crystal-clear,
- crystalline,
- cyclical,
- dead,
- dead ahead,
- dead straight,
- deal with,
- decide,
- declare,
- decree,
- define,
- defined,
- definite,
- delicate,
- demonstrate,
- determine,
- devote,
- dictate,
- diphyletic,
- direct attention to,
- direct to,
- directionize,
- directly,
- discipline,
- dispose,
- distinct,
- divert,
- dominate,
- downright,
- drive,
- dry,
- due,
- due north,
- dull,
- easy,
- edify,
- educate,
- elegant,
- endless,
- engineer,
- enjoin,
- enlighten,
- escort,
- even,
- exact,
- explicit,
- express,
- faithful,
- family,
- fasten,
- featureless,
- fine,
- finished,
- firsthand,
- fix,
- fix on,
- flat,
- focus,
- focus on,
- forthright,
- frank,
- frankhearted,
- free,
- free-speaking,
- free-spoken,
- free-tongued,
- gapless,
- genealogical,
- genuine,
- give,
- give an order,
- give instruction,
- give lessons in,
- give the word,
- govern,
- graceful,
- gracile,
- ground,
- guide,
- guileless,
- handle,
- have the conn,
- head,
- head up,
- heart-to-heart,
- helm,
- hold on,
- homely,
- homespun,
- honest,
- horizontal,
- illumine,
- immediate,
- in a beeline,
- in a line,
- in line with,
- inartificial,
- incessant,
- incline,
- inerrable,
- inerrant,
- infallible,
- inform,
- ingenu,
- ingenuous,
- innocent,
- instruct,
- interminable,
- irreversible,
- issue a command,
- issue a writ,
- joined,
- jointless,
- keep,
- kibitz,
- lay,
- lead,
- lead on,
- lead to,
- lean,
- level,
- level at,
- limpid,
- lineal,
- linear,
- linked,
- literally,
- literatim,
- loud and clear,
- lucid,
- luminous,
- mail,
- make go,
- make the rules,
- manage,
- mandate,
- maneuver,
- manipulate,
- mastermind,
- mathematical,
- matter-of-fact,
- meddle,
- mention,
- microscopic,
- monotonous,
- naive,
- native,
- natural,
- navigate,
- neat,
- never-ending,
- next,
- nice,
- nonstop,
- officer,
- one-way,
- open,
- open the eyes,
- openhearted,
- operate,
- ordain,
- order,
- order about,
- outright,
- outspoken,
- pellucid,
- perennial,
- perform on,
- periodic,
- perspicuous,
- phyletic,
- phylogenetic,
- pick out,
- pilot,
- pinpoint,
- plain,
- plain-speaking,
- plain-spoken,
- play,
- point,
- point at,
- point out,
- point out to,
- point the way,
- point to,
- point-blank,
- polished,
- post,
- practice,
- precise,
- prescribe,
- present,
- preside over,
- primary,
- proclaim,
- promulgate,
- pronounce,
- propose,
- prosaic,
- prosing,
- prosy,
- proximate,
- pull the strings,
- pure,
- put right,
- quarterback,
- recommend,
- rectilineal,
- rectilinear,
- recurrent,
- reeducate,
- refer to,
- refined,
- regulate,
- religious,
- religiously exact,
- repetitive,
- require,
- restrained,
- right,
- rigid,
- rigorous,
- round,
- round-the-clock,
- route,
- rule,
- ruler-straight,
- run,
- running,
- rustic,
- say the word,
- school,
- scientific,
- scientifically exact,
- seamless,
- see,
- see to,
- send,
- serried,
- set,
- set right,
- set straight,
- settle,
- severe,
- shape a course,
- sharpen the wits,
- shepherd,
- shortest,
- show,
- show how,
- show the way,
- sight on,
- simple,
- simple-speaking,
- simplehearted,
- simpleminded,
- sincere,
- single-hearted,
- single-minded,
- skipper,
- smooth,
- sober,
- spare,
- Spartan,
- specify,
- square,
- stable,
- stand over,
- stark,
- steady,
- steer,
- straight,
- straight across,
- straight ahead,
- straight-cut,
- straight-front,
- straight-out,
- straight-side,
- straightaway,
- straightforward,
- straightforwards,
- straightly,
- straightway,
- streamlined,
- strict,
- submit,
- subtle,
- suggest,
- superintend,
- superscribe,
- supervise,
- tactless,
- take care of,
- take command,
- take the lead,
- tasteful,
- teach,
- teach a lesson,
- teach the rudiments,
- tell,
- terse,
- through,
- throw,
- to the point,
- touch on,
- train,
- train upon,
- translucent,
- transparent,
- transpicuous,
- trim,
- true,
- trustful,
- trusting,
- turn,
- turn upon,
- twenty-four-hour,
- unadorned,
- unaffected,
- unambiguous,
- unartificial,
- unassuming,
- unbending,
- unbent,
- unbowed,
- unbroken,
- unceasing,
- unchecked,
- unconcealed,
- unconfused,
- unconstrained,
- uncurved,
- undeflected,
- undeviating,
- undeviatingly,
- undifferentiated,
- undiplomatic,
- undisguised,
- undissembled,
- undistorted,
- unending,
- unequivocal,
- unerring,
- unfeigning,
- unguarded,
- unidirectional,
- uniform,
- unimaginative,
- uninhibited,
- unintermitted,
- unintermittent,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- univocal,
- unlabored,
- unmistakable,
- unmitigated,
- unobstructed,
- unpoetical,
- unpretending,
- unpretentious,
- unqualified,
- unrelieved,
- unremitting,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unsophisticated,
- unstopped,
- unsuspicious,
- unswerving,
- unswervingly,
- unturned,
- unvarnished,
- unveeringly,
- unwary,
- upright,
- usher,
- vertical,
- warn,
- wear the pants,
- well-defined,
- wield authority,
- wield the baton,
- word for word,
- work
Words containing 'Direct'
- Directed,
- Directer,
- Directing,
- Direction,
- Directive,
- Directly,
- Directness,
- directional,
- directionality,
- directiveness,
- directivity,
- other directed,
- Direct action,
- Direct current,
- Direct demonstration,
- Direct discourse,
- Direct evidence,
- Direct examination,
- Direct fire,
- Direct nomination,
- Direct primary,
- Direct process,
- Direct tax,
- Direct vision,
- Directer plane,
- Directly proportional,
- change of direction,
- direct antonym,
- direct contrast,
- direct correlation,
- direct dye,
- direct flight,
- direct line,
- direct loan,
- direct mail,
- direct mailer,
- direct marketing,
- direct object,
- direct quotation,
- direct sum,
- direct support,
- direct tide,
- direct transmission,
- direct trust,
- directed study,
- directed verdict,
- direction finder,
- directional antenna,
- directional microphone,
- inner directed,
- presidential directive,
- sense of direction,
- stage direct,
- stage direction,
- A direct induced current,
- Direct-acting,
- Direct-coupled,
- direct electric current,
- direct supporting fire,
- foreign direct investment,
- goal-directed,
- re-direct,
- self-directed,
- self-direction,
- Direct-coupled antenna,
- Re-direct examination,
- direct-grant school,
- east-west direction,
- joint direct attack munition,
- north-south direction,
- Direct-acting steam engine,
- Direct-acting steam pump,
- direct-action steam engine,
- direct-action steam pump