Definitions of DIRECT [ɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-]

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Definition of 'DIRECT'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) direct
to manage or guide by advice, instruction, etc.

2.  direct
to regulate the course of; control.

3.  direct
to administer; manage; supervise:
She directs the affairs of the estate.

4.  direct
to give authoritative instructions to; command; order or ordain:
I directed him to leave the room.

5.  direct
to serve as a director in the production or performance of (a musical work, play, motion picture, etc.).

6.  direct
to tell or show (a person) the way to a place; guide.

7.  direct
to aim or send toward a place or object:
to direct one's aim.

8.  direct
to channel or focus toward a given result, object, or end (often fol. by to or toward):
She directed her energies toward the work.

9.  direct
to address (words, a speech, etc.) to a person or persons.

10.  direct
to address (a letter, package, etc.) to an intended recipient.

11. (v.i.) direct
to act as a guide.

12.  direct
to give commands or orders.

13.  direct
to serve as the director of a play, film, orchestra, etc.

14. (adj.) direct
proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; not oblique:
a direct route.

15.  direct
proceeding in an unbroken line of descent.

16.  direct
without intermediary agents, conditions, etc.; immediate:
direct contact.

17.  direct
straightforward; frank; candid.

18.  direct
absolute; exact:
the direct opposite.

19.  direct
consisting exactly of the words orig. used:
direct quotation.

20.  direct
Math.

21.  direct
(of a proportion) containing terms of which an increase or decrease in one results in an increase or decrease in another.

22.  direct
(of a function) being a function itself, in contrast to its inverse.

23.  direct
of or by action of voters, which takes effect without any intervening agency.

24.  direct
inevitable; consequential:
a direct result.

25.  direct
allocated for or arising from a particular known agency:
a direct cost.

26.  direct
of or pertaining to direct current.

27.  direct
moving in an orbit in the same direction as the earth in its revolution around the sun.

28.  direct
appearing to move on the celestial sphere in the direction of the natural order of the signs of the zodiac, from west to east.

29.  direct
(of dye colors) substantive.

30. (adv.) direct
in a direct manner; directly; straight:
Answer me direct.

Etymology: (1325–75; ME (< AF) < L dīrēctus, dērēctus (the latter prob. the orig. form, later reanalyzed as dī-di -²), ptp. of dērigere to align, straighten, guide (dē-de - +-rigere, comb. form of regere to guide, rule))

Definition of 'DIRECT'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) direct
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
"a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"

2. (adj) direct, unmediated
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"

3. (adj) direct
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
"a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

4. (adj) lineal, direct
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
"lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"

5. (adj) direct
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

6. (adj) direct
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)"

7. (adj) direct
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
"direct current"

8. (adj) direct
being an immediate result or consequence
"a direct result of the accident"

9. (adj) direct, verbatim
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
"a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"

10. (verb) direct
lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
"the direct opposite"

11. (verb) direct
command with authority
"He directed the children to do their homework"

12. (verb) target, aim, place, direct, point
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"

13. (verb) direct
guide the actors in (plays and films)

14. (verb) direct
be in charge of

15. (verb) lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
take somebody somewhere
"We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

16. (verb) send, direct
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"

17. (verb) aim, take, train, take aim, direct
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"

18. (verb) conduct, lead, direct
lead, as in the performance of a composition
"conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

19. (verb) direct
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
"I directed them towards the town hall"

20. (verb) calculate, aim, direct
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

21. (verb) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

22. (verb) address, direct
put an address on (an envelope)

23. (adverb) mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
"he masterminded the robbery"

24. (adverb) directly, straight, direct
without deviation
"the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

Definition of 'DIRECT'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) direct
≠ circuitous
the most direct route; a direct flight to Chicago

2.  direct
honest and saying exactly what you think; = frank
a little too direct

3.  direct
≠ indirect
in direct contact with sb; a direct link between the two theories

4. (adverb) direct
going straight from one place to another
fly direct to Japan

5.  direct
without involving any other person or thing
to buy fresh produce direct from the farmers

6. (verb) direct
to make sb or sth the target of
His comments were directed at his mother.

7.  direct
to guide actors in a movie, play, or TV show
a movie directed by Ingmar Bergman

8.  direct
to organize and guide the way sth is done
a manager directing the team's activities

9.  direct
to tell sb which way to go to get somewhere
I directed them to the hospital.

10.  direct
to order sb to do sth
The court directed him to pay $1,000.

Definition of 'DIRECT'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) DIRECT
straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means

2. (adj) DIRECT
straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken

3. (adj) DIRECT
immediate; express; plain; unambiguous

4. (adj) DIRECT
in the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line

5. (adj) DIRECT
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

6. (noun) DIRECT
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

7. (verb) DIRECT
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

8. (verb) DIRECT
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

9. (verb) DIRECT
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

10. (verb) DIRECT
to point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go

11. (verb) DIRECT
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

12. (verb) DIRECT
to give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide

Translation of 'DIRECT'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: straight; following the quickest and shortest way Is this the most direct route?
Afrikaans: direkte	Arabic: مُسْتَقيم وَسَريع	Bulgarian: пряк
Brazilian: direto	Czech: přímý	German: direkt
Danish: direkte	Greek: ευθύς, άμεσος	Spanish: directo
Estonian: otsejooneline, otsene	Farsi: سر راست؛ مستقیم	Finnish: suora
French: direct	Hebrew: יָשִׁיר	Hindi: सीधा
Croatian: izravan	Hungarian: egyenes	Indonesian: lurus, langsung
Icelandic: beinn	Italian: diretto	Japanese: まっすぐな
Korean: 직선의	Lithuanian: tiesus	Latvian: taisns
Malay: dengan perjalanan yang te	Dutch: direct	Norwegian: rett, direkte
Polish: bezpośredni	Persian: سر راست؛ مستقیم	Pashto: سم، نېغ، مستقيم
Portuguese: directo	Romanian: direct	Russian: прямой
Slovak: priamy	Slovenian: direkten, najkrajši	Serbian: direktan
Swedish: direkt, rak	Thai: ตรงไป	Turkish: doğrudan, direkt
Taiwanese: 筆直的，最快且最短的	Ukrainian: прямий	Urdu: سب سے چھوٹا راستہ
Vietnamese: thẳng	Chinese: 迳直的，最近或最短的
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