direct
verb
1 direct
2 direct
Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal:
— Criticism directed at her superior.
— Direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself.
synonyms: aim, place, point, target.
Roget 741:
command,
order,
decree,
enact,
ordain,
dictate,
direct,
give orders.
prescribe,
set,
appoint,
mark out;
set a task,
prescribe a task,
impose a task;
set to work,
put in requisition.
bid,
enjoin,
charge,
call upon,
instruct;
require at the hands of;
exact,
impose,
tax,
task;
demand;
insist on
etc.
(compel)
744.
claim,
lay claim to,
revendicate†,
reclaim.
cite,
summon;
call for,
send for;
subpoena;
beckon.
issue a command;
make a requisition,
issue a requisition,
promulgate a requisition,
make a decree,
issue a decree,
promulgate a decree,
make an order,
issue an order,
promulgate an order
etc.
n.;
give the word of command,
give the word,
give the signal;
call to order;
give the law,
lay down the law;
assume the command
etc.
(authority)
737;
remand.
be ordered
&c.;
receive an order
etc.
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Dutch: beogen
3 direct
Guide the actors in (plays and films).
Dutch: regisseren
4 direct
5 direct
Take somebody somewhere.
synonyms: conduct, guide, lead, take.
Roget 693:
direct,
manage,
govern,
conduct;
order,
prescribe,
cut out work for;
bead,
lead;
lead the way,
show the way;
take the lead,
lead on;
regulate,
guide,
steer,
pilot;
tackle,
take the helm,
be at the helm;
have the reins,
handle the reins,
hold the reins,
take the reins;
drive,
tool.
superintend,
supervise;
overlook,
control,
keep in order,
look after,
see to,
legislate for;
administer,
ministrate†;
matronize†;
have the care of,
have the charge of;
be in charge of,
have charge of,
take the direction;
boss,
boss one around;
pull the strings,
pull the wires;
rule
etc.
(command)
737;
have the direction,
hold office,
hold the portfolio;
preside,
preside at the board;
take the chair,
occupy the chair,
be in the chair;
pull the stroke oar.
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Dutch: leiden, voeren
6 direct
Cause to go somewhere:
— He directed all his energies into his dissertation.
synonym: send.
Dutch: verzenden, opsturen, zenden, afsturen, sturen
7 direct
Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.
synonyms: aim, take, take aim, train.
Roget 537:
teach,
instruct,
educate,
edify,
school,
tutor;
cram,
prime,
coach;
enlighten
etc.
(inform)
527.
inculcate,
indoctrinate,
inoculate,
infuse,
instill,
infix,
ingraft†,
infiltrate;
imbue,
impregnate,
implant;
graft,
sow the seeds of,
disseminate.
given an idea of;
put up to,
put in the way of;
set right.
sharpen the wits,
enlarge the mind;
give new ideas,
open the eyes,
bring forward,
teach the young idea how to shoot"
[Thomson];
improve
etc.
658.
expound
etc.
(interpret)
522;
lecture;
read a lesson,
give a lesson,
give a lecture,
give a sermon,
give a discourse;
incept†;
hold forth,
preach;
sermonize,
moralize;
point a moral.
train,
discipline;
bring up,
bring up to;
form,
ground,
prepare,
qualify;
drill,
exercise,
practice,
habituate,
familiarize with,
nurture,
drynurse†,
breed,
rear,
take in hand;
break,
break in;
tame;
preinstruct†;
initiate;
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613.
put to nurse,
send to school.
direct,
guide;
direct attention to
etc.
(attention)
457;
impress upon the mind,
impress upon the memory;
beat into,
beat into the head;
convince
etc.
(belief)
484.
[instructional materials]
book,
workbook,
exercise book.
[unnecessary teaching]
preach to the wise,
teach one's grandmother to suck eggs,
teach granny to suck eggs;
preach to the converted.
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Dutch: mikken, aanleggen
8 direct
Lead, as in the performance of a composition.
synonyms: conduct, lead.
Dutch: voorlopen, vooroplopen
9 direct
Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction.
Dutch: dirigeren
10 direct
Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.
synonyms: aim, calculate.
11 direct
12 direct
Put an address on (an envelope).
synonym: address.
Dutch: adresseren, richten
13 direct
adjective
1 direct
Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short.
Roget 703:
artless,
natural,
pure,
native,
confiding,
simple,
lain,
inartificial†,
untutored,
unsophisticated,
ingenu†,
unaffected,
naive;
sincere,
frank;
open,
open as day;
candid,
ingenuous,
guileless;
unsuspicious,
honest
etc.
939;
innocent
etc.
946;
Arcadian†;
undesigning,
straightforward,
unreserved,
aboveboard;
simple-minded,
single-minded;
frank-hearted,
open-hearted,
single-hearted,
simple-hearted.
free-spoken,
plain-spoken,
outspoken;
blunt,
downright,
direct,
matter of fact,
unpoetical†;
unflattering.
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Roget 246:
straight;
rectilinear,
rectilineal†;
direct,
even,
right,
true,
in a line;
unbent,
virgate†
etc.
v.;
undeviating,
unturned,
undistorted,
unswerving;
straight as an arrow
etc.
(direct)
278;
inflexible
etc.
323.
laser-straight;
ramrod-straight.
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Roget 278:
directed
etc.
v..
directed towards;
pointing towards
etc.
v.;
bound for;
aligned,
with alligned with†;
direct,
straight;
undeviating,
unswerving;
straightforward;
North,
Northern,
Northerly,
etc.
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2 direct
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.
synonym: unmediated.
Polish: ścisły
3 direct
Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action.
Polish: bezpośredni
4 direct
In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child:
— A direct descendant of the king.
— Direct heredity.
synonym: lineal.
5 direct
Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth.
6 direct
Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity.
7 direct
of a current Flowing in one direction only.
8 direct
Being an immediate result or consequence.
9 direct
In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker:
— A direct quotation.
synonym: verbatim.
Polish: literalny, dosłowny
10 direct
Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact.
adverb
1 direct
Without deviation:
— The path leads directly to the lake.
— Went direct to the office.
synonyms: directly, straight.
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