direct

Adjective

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
  • the direct opposite
    

• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
  • a direct quotation
    
  • repeated their dialog verbatim
    

• being an immediate result or consequence
  • a direct result of the accident
    

• (of a current) flowing in one direction only
  • direct current
    

• similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
  • a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
    

• moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
  • lineal ancestors
    
  • lineal heirs
    
  • a direct descendant of the king
    
  • direct heredity
    

• straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
  • a direct question
    
  • a direct response
    
  • a direct approach
    

• having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
  • in direct sunlight
    
  • in direct contact with the voters
    
  • direct exposure to the disease
    
  • a direct link
    
  • the direct cause of the accident
    
  • direct vote
    

• direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
  • a direct route
    
  • a direct flight
    
  • a direct hit
    

Adverb

• without deviation
  • the path leads directly to the lake
    
  • went direct to the office
    

Verb

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
  • he masterminded the robbery
    

• put an address on (an envelope)

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

• give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
  • I directed them towards the town hall
    

• lead, as in the performance of a composition; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
  • conduct an orchestra
    

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
  • 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
    

• 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
    

• take somebody somewhere
  • We lead him to our chief
    
  • can you take me to the main entrance?
    
  • He conducted us to the palace
    

• be in charge of

• guide the actors in (plays and films)

• 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
    

• command with authority
  • He directed the children to do their homework
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  verbatim , lineal , unmediated , directly , straight , mastermind , engineer , organize , organise , orchestrate , address , calculate , aim , conduct , lead , take , train , take aim , send , guide , target , place , point
• Antonyms: 
  alternating , inverse , retrograde , collateral , indirect