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direct definition and meaning
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.
Crossword clues for direct
- Administer
- Conduct
- Control the affairs of
- Frank will issue instructions
- Guide with advice
- Lead and organise
- not circuitous
- Plain-spoken
- Straight (route)
- Straightforward
- Turn over
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