Direct

Definition:

(a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
(a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
(a.) Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
(a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.
(a.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. i.) To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
(n.) 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.

Compare direct with other words:

aimed vs. direct

direct vs. rule

direct vs. navigate

direct vs. philosophical

direct vs. straightforward

amiable vs. direct

direct vs. through

direct vs. send

direct vs. perform

direct vs. orientate

direct vs. operate

direct vs. region

direct vs. enter

direct vs. evendown

direct vs. undirect

direct vs. wisse

direct vs. fictile

direct vs. focused

challenging vs. direct

direct vs. horizontal

constrain vs. direct

direct vs. head

direct vs. finger

direct vs. vulpine

direct vs. move

direct vs. mobile

address vs. direct

direct vs. divert

content vs. direct

direct vs. govern

book vs. direct

direct vs. malayalam

direct vs. jacobean

direct vs. obligation

batsman vs. direct

direct vs. exclamation

direct vs. sideways

direct vs. dish

direct vs. sector

direct vs. fore

deck vs. direct

direct vs. wild

direct vs. ship

bond vs. direct

candid vs. direct

bossy vs. direct

bastard vs. direct

brusque vs. direct

direct vs. directrix

direct vs. dirigent

direct vs. misdirect

direct vs. miscast

apportionment vs. direct

direct vs. squarely

direct vs. ettle

conation vs. direct

direct vs. enjoin

direct vs. shaded

direct vs. stopping

direct vs. superintendent

direct vs. front

direct vs. guide

direct vs. spin

bind vs. direct

apply vs. direct

direct vs. forthright

direct vs. manipulate

direct vs. directive

direct vs. expedient

direct vs. referendum

direct vs. prevaricate

barrage vs. direct

direct vs. instruct

direct vs. sunshine

direct vs. undercut

direct vs. supervise

direct vs. wend

direct vs. muffle

direct vs. roundabout

direct vs. hint

direct vs. insinuate

direct vs. refer

direct vs. redirect

direct vs. officer

direct vs. regulate

channel vs. direct

direct vs. progenitor

addression vs. direct

direct vs. sway

direct vs. intend

conn vs. direct

command vs. direct

direct vs. immediate

direct vs. fudge

cynosure vs. direct

direct vs. wise

application vs. direct

direct vs. dress

direct vs. dirge

direct vs. dirigible

direct vs. director

adroit vs. direct

direct vs. directly

direct vs. direction

direct vs. steer

control vs. direct

direct vs. manage

direct vs. interruption

constant vs. direct

direct vs. rein

direct vs. link

direct vs. orient

direct vs. gain

direct vs. funnel

direct vs. live

direct vs. throw

direct vs. tell

circuitous vs. direct

direct vs. oversee

direct vs. imply

direct vs. remote

direct vs. router

cast vs. direct

direct vs. representative

direct vs. indirect

alternating vs. direct

direct vs. request

direct vs. recommend

direct vs. ring

direct vs. lead

direct vs. plot

conduct vs. direct

direct vs. inform

direct vs. point

deposit vs. direct

direct vs. scissors

direct vs. shape

cross vs. direct

demonstrate vs. direct

direct vs. separate

direct vs. rake

direct vs. molecule