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(satellite adjective) exact; "the direct opposite" |
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(verb) command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework" |
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Related Words: enjoin, order, say, tell |
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(verb) give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall" |
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Synonyms: point |
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Related Words: apprise, apprize, instruct, point the way, show the way |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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(adjective) direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" |
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Antonyms: indirect |
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(adjective) (electricity) of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating; "direct current" |
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Antonyms: alternating |
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(adjective) extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" |
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Antonyms: indirect |
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(adjective) (mathematics) varying in the same manner as another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)" |
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Antonyms: inverse |
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(adjective) (astronomy) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth |
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Antonyms: retrograde |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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(satellite adjective) in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" |
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Synonyms: verbatim |
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(verb) guide the actors in (plays and films) |
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Related Words: create, make, stage direct |
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(verb) be in charge of |
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Related Words: care, deal, give, guide, handle, have, head, hold, lead, make, manage, operate, run, steer, throw |
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(satellite adjective) as an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident" |
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(verb) put an address on (an envelope, for example) |
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Synonyms: address |
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Related Words: label, re-address |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: send |
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Related Words: airt, blow, cast, contrive, displace, divert, move, project, redirect, refer, route, throw, turn |
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(adjective) in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" |
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Synonyms: lineal |
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(adverb) without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office" |
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Synonyms: directly, straight |
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(verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robber" |
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Synonyms: engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organize |
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Related Words: plan |
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(verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |
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Synonyms: aim, calculate |
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Related Words: designate, destine, intend, specify |
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(verb) lead; "conduct an orchestra" |
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Synonyms: conduct, lead |
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Related Words: do, execute, perform |
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(verb) take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" |
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Synonyms: conduct, guide, lead, take |
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Related Words: beacon, lead astray, misguide, mislead, show, usher |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: aim, place, point, target |
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Related Words: address, aim, direct, home in, range in, take, take aim, train, zero in |
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(verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
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Synonyms: guide, head, maneuver, manouevre, point, steer |
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Related Words: canalize, channel, command, conn, control, corner, dock, navigate, park, pilot, sheer, stand out, starboard |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: aim, take, take aim, train |
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Related Words: aim, charge, direct, hold, level, place, point, position, swing, target |
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