direct Meaning and Definition

1. a. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

2. a. (of a current) flowing in one direction only

3. a. extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action

4. a. similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

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

6. a. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

7. r. without deviation

8. s. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact

9. s. being an immediate result or consequence

10. s. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

11. s. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

12. v. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

13. v. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

14. v. command with authority

15. v. give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

16. v. put an address on (an envelope)

17. v. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

18. v. aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment

19. v. guide the actors in (plays and films)

20. v. lead, as in the performance of a composition

21. v. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

22. v. cause to go somewhere

23. v. take somebody somewhere

24. v. be in charge of