Definitions
of direct
1. [adj] - as an immediate result or consequence 2. [adj] - in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker 3. [adj] - immediate or direct in bearing or force 4. [adj] - (astronomy) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere 5. [adj] - (mathematics) varying in the same manner as another quantity 6. [adj] - extended senses 7. [adj] - (electricity) of a current flowing in one direction only 8. [adj] - direct in spatial dimensions 9. [adj] - effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives 10. [adj] - exact 11. [v] - be in charge of 12. [v] - guide the actors in (plays and films) 13. [v] - give directions to 14. [v] - command with authority
Quotes
- Example use of the word direct1. He directed the children to do their homework 2. point somebody into a certain direction 3. I directed them towards the town hall 4. the direct opposite 5. many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College 6. proceeding without deviation or interruption 7. straight and short 8. a direct route 9. a direct flight 10. a direct hit 11. not alternating 12. direct current 13. direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action 14. a direct question 15. a direct response 16. a direct approach 17. a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases) 18. or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth 19. having nothing intervening 20. in direct sunlight 21. in direct contact with the voters 22. direct exposure to the disease 23. a direct link 24. the direct cause of the accident 25. a direct quotation 26. repeated their dialog verbatim 27. a direct result of the accident
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