Direct ¹

Definition: Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

Direct ²

Definition: Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.

Direct ³

Definition: Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

Direct ⁴

Definition: In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.

Direct ⁵

Definition: 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.

Direct ⁶

Definition: 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.

Direct ⁷

Definition: 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.

Direct ⁸

Definition: 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.

Direct ⁹

Definition: To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.

Direct ¹⁰

Definition: 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.

Direct ¹¹

Definition: To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

Direct ¹²

Definition: 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.

direct ¹³

Definition: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

direct ¹⁴

Definition: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

direct ¹⁵

Definition: command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"

direct ¹⁶

Definition: give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"

direct ¹⁷

Definition: put an address on (an envelope, for example)

direct ¹⁸

Definition: 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"

direct ¹⁹

Definition: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "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"

direct ²⁰

Definition: guide the actors in (plays and films)

direct ²¹

Definition: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

direct ²²

Definition: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

direct ²³

Definition: 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"

direct ²⁴

Definition: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"

direct ²⁵

Definition: be in charge of

direct ²⁶

Definition: exact; "the direct opposite"

direct ²⁷

Definition: effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives; "many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College"

direct ²⁸

Definition: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"

direct ²⁹

Definition: of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating; "direct current"

direct ³⁰

Definition: extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

direct ³¹

Definition: 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)"

direct ³²

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

direct ³³

Definition: immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"

direct ³⁴

Definition: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"

direct ³⁵

Definition: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"

direct ³⁶

Definition: as an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"

direct ³⁷

Definition: without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"