Verb:
1: direct command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"
2: place, aim, direct, point, target 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"
3: direct guide the actors in (plays and films)
4: direct be in charge of
5: direct, take, guide, lead, conduct take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
6: direct, send 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"
7: train, take aim, take, direct, aim 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"
8: direct, lead, conduct lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
9: direct give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"
10: calculate, aim, direct specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
11: channelize, maneuver, point, manoeuver, head, channelise, guide, steer, manoeuvre, direct direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
12: address, direct put an address on (an envelope)
13: orchestrate, engineer, organize, direct, organise, mastermind plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
Adjective:
1: point-blank, undeviating, straightforward, unswerving, through, nonstop, door-to-door, direct direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
2: direct, unmediated, immediate 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"
3: outspoken, direct, candid, blunt, plain, plainspoken, free-spoken, man-to-man, straight-from-the-shoulder, bluff, straight, upfront, pointed, no-nonsense, forthright, frank, flat-footed, square, unvarnished, point-blank, straightforward extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
4: matrilineal, unilateralist, direct, lineal, patrilineal, patrilinear, unilateral, matrilinear in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
5: direct moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
6: 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)"
7: direct (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current"
8: primary, direct being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"
9: verbatim, exact, direct in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
10: direct, absolute lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
Adverb:
1: straight, direct, directly without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"