1.  direct(v = verb.communication) Array - command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"
is one way to enjoin, order, say, tell
Derived form noun directive₁
Sample sentences: They direct him to write the letter

2.  direct(v = verb.competition) aim, place, point, target - 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"
is one way to aim, direct, take, take aim, train
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

3.  direct(v = verb.creation) Array - guide the actors in (plays and films); Array
is one way to create, make
Derived form noun director₃
Sample sentences: Sam and Sue direct the movie

4.  direct(v = verb.social) Array - be in charge of; Array
is one way to care, deal, handle, manage
Derived forms adjective directive₁, noun director₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody

5.  direct(v = verb.motion) conduct, guide, lead, take - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something

6.  direct(v = verb.motion) send - 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"
is one way to displace, move
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP

7.  direct(v = verb.competition) aim, take, take aim, train - 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"
is one way to position
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s PP

8.  direct(v = verb.creation) conduct, lead - lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
is one way to do, execute, perform
Derived form noun director₅
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

9.  direct(v = verb.communication) Array - give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"
is one way to apprise, apprize, instruct
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP

10.  direct(v = verb.cognition) aim, calculate - specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public; Array
is one way to designate, destine, intend, specify
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

11.  direct(v = verb.motion) channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling; Array
is one way to command, control
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP

12.  direct(v = verb.communication) address - put an address on (an envelope); Array
is one way to label
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something PP

13.  direct(v = verb.cognition) engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize - plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
is one way to plan
Derived form adjective directive₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

1.  direct(a = adj.all) Array - direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
Antonym: indirect

2.  direct(s = adj.all) 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.  direct(a = adj.all) Array - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
Antonym: indirect
Derived form noun directness₂

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

5.  direct(a = adj.all) Array - moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth; Array
Antonym: retrograde

6.  direct(a = adj.all) Array - 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)"
Antonym: inverse

7.  direct(a = adj.all) Array - (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current"
Antonym: alternating

8.  direct(s = adj.all) Array - being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"
Derived form noun directness₁

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

10.  direct(s = adj.all) Array - lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"

   direct(r = adv.all) directly, straight - without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"

direct, adj., adv., & v.
--adj.
1 extending or moving in a straight line or by the shortest route; not crooked or circuitous.
2 a straightforward; going straight to the point. b frank; not ambiguous.
3 without intermediaries or the intervention of other factors (direct rule; the direct result; made a direct approach).
4 (of descent) lineal, not collateral.
5 exact, complete, greatest possible (esp. where contrast is implied) (the direct opposite).
6 Mus. (of an interval or chord) not inverted.
7 Astron. (of planetary etc. motion) proceeding from East to West; not retrograde.
--adv.
1 in a direct way or manner; without an intermediary or intervening factor (dealt with them direct).
2 frankly; without evasion.
3 by a direct route (send it direct to London).
--v.tr.
1 control, guide; govern the movements of.
2 (foll. by to + infin., or that + clause) give a formal order or command to.
3 (foll. by to) a address or give indications for the delivery of (a letter etc.). b tell or show (a person) the way to a destination.
4 (foll. by at, to, towards) a point, aim, or cause (a blow or missile) to move in a certain direction. b point or address (one's attention, a remark, etc.).
5 guide as an adviser, as a principle, etc. (I do as duty directs me).
6 a (also absol.) supervise the performing, staging, etc., of (a film, play, etc.). b supervise the performance of (an actor etc.).
7 (also absol.) guide the performance of (a group of musicians), esp. as a participant.

Idiom:
direct access the facility of retrieving data immediately from any part of a computer file. direct action action such as a strike or sabotage directly affecting the community and meant to reinforce demands on a government, employer, etc. direct address Computing an address (see ADDRESS n. 1c) which specifies the location of data to be used in an operation. direct current an electric current flowing in one direction only.

Usage:
Abbr.: DC, d.c. direct debit an arrangement for the regular debiting of a bank account at the request of the payee. direct-grant school hist. (in the UK) a school receiving funds from the Government and not from a local authority. direct method a system of teaching a foreign language using only that language and without the study of formal grammar. direct object Gram. the primary object of the action of a transitive verb. direct proportion a relation between quantities whose ratio is constant. direct speech (or oration) words actually spoken, not reported in the third person. direct tax a tax levied on the person who ultimately bears the burden of it, esp. on income.

Derivative:
directness n.

Etymology:
ME f. L directus past part. of dirigere direct- (as DI-(2), regere put straight)

VB  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, 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, tend towards, bend towards, point towards, conduct to, go to, point to, point at, bend, trend, verge, incline, dip, determine, steer for, steer towards, make for, make towards, aim at, level at, take aim, keep a course, hold a course, be bound for, bend one's steps towards, direct one's course, steer one's course, bend one's course, shape one's course, align one's march, allign one's march, to straight, go straight to the point, march on, march on a point, ascertain one's direction, s'orienter, see which way the wind blows, box the compass, take the air line.

N  direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant, versus, to, hither, thither, whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.

N  artlessness, nature, simplicity, innocence, bonhomie, naivete, abandon, candor, sincerity, singleness of purpose, singleness of heart, honesty, plain speaking, epanchement, rough diamond, matter of fact man, le palais de verite, enfant terrible, artless, natural, pure, native, confiding, simple, lain, inartificial, untutored, unsophisticated, ingenu, unaffected, naive, sincere, frank, open, open as day, candid, ingenuous, guileless, unsuspicious, honest, innocent, 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, in plain words, in plain English, without mincing the matter, not to mince the matter, Davus sum non Oedipus, liberavi animam meam, as frank as rain on cherry blossoms.

VB  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, 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, give the word of command, give the word, give the signal, call to order, give the law, lay down the law, assume the command, remand, be ordered, receive an order.

N  straightness, rectilinearity, directness, inflexibility, straight line, right line, direct line, short cut, straight, rectilinear, rectilineal, direct, even, right, true, in a line, unbent, virgate, undeviating, unturned, undistorted, unswerving, straight as an arrow, inflexible, laser-straight, ramrod-straight.

VB  teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, 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, improve, expound, 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, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.

direct action, direct antonym, direct contrast, direct correlation, direct current, direct discourse, direct dye, direct evidence, direct examination, direct fire, direct flight, direct line, direct loan, direct mail, direct mailer, direct marketing, direct object, direct primary, direct quotation, direct sum, direct support, direct supporting fire, direct tax, direct tide, direct transmission, direct trust, foreign direct investment, joint direct attack munition, stage direct