Direct definition
Directed the student to answer.
Direct contact, direct knowledge, direct marketing.
A direct route.
Direct contact; direct sunlight.
A direct descendant of the monarch.
An example of direct is a non-stop plane trip from Los Angeles to Seattle.
An example of direct is someone telling a friend they would look better wearing make up.
A direct quotation; direct speech.
A direct route.
A direct response.
Direct elections.
Direct opposites.
An example of to direct is instructing a performer what to do next in a play.
A direct answer.
The direct opposite.
A direct quotation.
A direct proportion.
The most direct route between two buildings.
They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
He directed his question to the room in general.
He directed me to the left-hand road.
She directed them to leave immediately.
Direct a government agency.
Direct the building of a new road.
Direct a play.
Directed the light toward the end of the hall.
Directed us to the airport.
Origin of direct
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From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Latin dīrectus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”).
From Wiktionary