Definitions for directed

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directed di·rect·ed

Spelling: [dih-rek-tid, dahy-]

IPA: /dɪˈrɛk tɪd, daɪ-/

Directed is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 181 anagrams from letters in directed (cddeeirt).

Definitions for directed

adverb

1. in a direct manner; directly; straight:

adjective

1. guided, regulated, or managed:
2. subject to direction, guidance, regulation, etc.
3. Mathematics. (of an angle or vector) having positive or negative direction or orientation assigned.
4. proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique:
5. proceeding in an unbroken line of descent; lineal rather than collateral:
6. 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).
7. without intervening persons, influences, factors, etc.; immediate; personal:
8. straightforward; frank; candid:
9. absolute; exact:
10. consisting exactly of the words originally used; verbatim:
11. Government. of or by action of voters, which takes effect without representatives or another intervening agency, as in direct democracy.
12. inevitable; consequential:
13. allocated for or arising from a particular known agency, process, job, etc.:
14. Electricity. of or relating to direct current.
15. 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).
16. Surveying. (of a telescope) in its normal position; not inverted or transited.
17. (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 directed

First recorded in 1530-40; direct + -ed²

Examples for directed

I had a chance to work with Jean-François Richet, who directed Mesrine.

A majority of films in Hollywood are written and directed by men.

I had heard the note in the woods, and directed his attention to it.

The searchers, therefore, were directed to beat up the near-by country.

"Now look in the glass," directed Grace, when she had finished.

The recent attacks were directed at Sony, but they cut to the core of our free society.

Copies were also directed to be distributed through the district.

"Wait here while I see if the train is on time," directed Grace.

It was only once he directed and starred in his own short film that he decided to pursue acting as a vocation.

If the Israel model ban were directed towards disordered eating, Ravin says she would support it whole-heartedly.