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direct - be in charge of |
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care,
deal,
handle,
manage feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I don't care"
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give,
have,
hold,
make,
throw proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister"
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guide,
steer pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"
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head,
lead remove the head of; "head the fish"
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operate,
run happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?"
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administer give or apply (medications)
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direct - guide the actors in (plays and films) |
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create,
make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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performing arts arts or skills that require public performance
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stage direct direct for the stage
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direct - command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework" |
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enjoin,
order,
say,
tell issue an injunction
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stet printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative)
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direct - give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall" |
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apprise,
apprize,
instruct give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
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talk down direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio; "the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill"
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point the way indicate the right path or direction; "The sign pointed the way to London"
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| adjektiv |
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direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" |
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indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"
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honest,
honorable gained or earned without cheating or stealing; "an honest wage"; "an fair penny"
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bluff bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader"
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blunt,
candid,
forthright,
frank,
free-spoken,
outspoken,
plainspoken,
point-blank,
straight-from-the-shoulder devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
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brutal disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty"
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flat-footed without reservation; "a flat-footed refusal"
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man-to-man forthright and honest; "had a man-to-man talk about the facts of life"
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no-nonsense not tolerating irrelevancies; "the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent"
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plain,
unvarnished lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
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pointed direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"
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square,
straight,
straightforward rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
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upfront frank and honest; "he was upfront about his intentions"
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direct - 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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indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing"
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straight in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report"
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directness,
straightness trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim"
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door-to-door omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next; "a door-to-door campaign"; "house-to-house coverage"
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nonstop (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops; "a nonstop flight to Atlanta"
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point-blank close enough to go straight to the target; "point-blank range"; "a point-blank shot"
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straightforward pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze"
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undeviating,
unswerving used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady; "undeviating loyalty"
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through
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direct - (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current" |
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alternating (of a current) reversing direction; "alternating current"
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electricity keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it"
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direct - 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)" |
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inverse reversed (turned backward) in order or nature or effect
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math,
mathematics,
maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
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direct - 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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retrograde of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma
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astronomy,
uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole
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direct - being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident" |
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primary not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct"
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direct - lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite" |
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absolute perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol"
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direct - 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" |
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unmediated |
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immediate having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence"
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direct - in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" |
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verbatim |
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exact marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"
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