Definitions for direct

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direct di·rect

Spelling: [dih-rekt, dahy-]

IPA: /dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ-/

Direct is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 127 anagrams from letters in direct (cdeirt).

Definitions for direct

adverb

1. in a direct manner; directly; straight:

adjective

1. proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique:
2. proceeding in an unbroken line of descent; lineal rather than collateral:
3. Mathematics. (of a proportion) containing terms of which an increase (or decrease) in one results in an increase (or decrease) in another: a term is said to be in direct proportion to another term if one increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases). (of a function) the function itself, in contrast to its inverse. Compare inverse (def 2).
4. without intervening persons, influences, factors, etc.; immediate; personal:
5. straightforward; frank; candid:
6. absolute; exact:
7. consisting exactly of the words originally used; verbatim:
8. Government. of or by action of voters, which takes effect without representatives or another intervening agency, as in direct democracy.
9. inevitable; consequential:
10. allocated for or arising from a particular known agency, process, job, etc.:
11. Electricity. of or relating to direct current.
12. Astronomy. moving in an orbit in the same direction as the earth in its revolution around the sun. appearing to move on the celestial sphere in the direction of the natural order of the signs of the zodiac, from west to east. Compare retrograde (def 4).
13. Surveying. (of a telescope) in its normal position; not inverted or transited.
14. (of dye colors) working without the use of a mordant; substantive.

verb (used with object)

1. to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.:
2. to regulate the course of; control:
3. to administer; manage; supervise:
4. to give authoritative instructions to; command; order or ordain:
5. to serve as a director in the production or performance of (a musical work, play, motion picture, etc.).
6. to guide, tell, or show (a person) the way to a place:
7. to point, aim, or send toward a place or object:
8. to channel or focus toward a given result, object, or end (often followed by to or toward):
9. to address (words, a speech, a written report, etc.) to a person or persons:
10. to address (a letter, package, etc.) to an intended recipient.

verb (used without object)

1. to act as a guide.
2. to give commands or orders.
3. to serve as the director of a play, film, orchestra, etc.

Origin of direct

1325-75; Middle English direct (adj., adv.), directen (v.) (Anglo-French) Latin dīrēctus, dērēctus (the latter probably the orig. form, later reanalyzed as dī- di-

Examples for direct

It would be inaccurate though to call SIX a direct antidote to ALEC.

He had none of the direct, passionate, conscienceless resolution of Laertes.

It was filled, not with direct complaints, but a general grumble.

Prayerfully I considered my situation and asked God's help to direct me.

I prayed for forgiveness, and asked God to direct and protect me.

Tell her, that she must direct herself to her brother for any favour she has to ask.

direct funds away from practices, policies, and programs that consistently fail to achieve measurable outcomes.

If someone wants to ensure a direct and secure connection, no entity, whether a hotel or otherwise, should be able to block it.

Idiocies multiply in direct proportion to the accumulating legal rigidities.

The twang we hear as emblematic of white country music is actually the direct descendant of black folk music banjo.