Synonym: address, aim, charge, command, conduct, control, dictate, govern, handle, head, inscribe, instruct, manage, order, point, regulate, rule, show. Antonym: indirect. Similar words: directly, director, in all directions, direct investment, correctly, dirt, tire, wire. Meaning: [dɪ'rekt] 
v. 1. command with authority 2. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal 3. guide the actors in (plays and films) 4. be in charge of 5. take somebody somewhere 6. cause to go somewhere 7. aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment 8. lead, as in the performance of a composition 9. give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction 10. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public 11. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling 12. put an address on (an envelope) 13. plan and direct (a complex undertaking). adj. 1. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short 2. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions 3. extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action 4. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child 5. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth 6. similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity 7. (of a current) flowing in one direction only 8. being an immediate result or consequence 9. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker 10. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact. adv. without deviation.
v. 1. command with authority 2. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal 3. guide the actors in (plays and films) 4. be in charge of 5. take somebody somewhere 6. cause to go somewhere 7. aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment 8. lead, as in the performance of a composition 9. give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction 10. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public 11. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling 12. put an address on (an envelope) 13. plan and direct (a complex undertaking). adj. 1. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short 2. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions 3. extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action 4. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child 5. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth 6. similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity 7. (of a current) flowing in one direction only 8. being an immediate result or consequence 9. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker 10. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact. adv. without deviation. 
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32. With no direct descendent, who will succeed to the title?
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34. It's difficult to make a direct comparison?the two things are so different.
35. The most direct financial incentive to prevent rubbish is to charge people by the amount of rubbish they put out.
36. No one disputes the direct linkage between the unemployment rate and crime.
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39. The spokesman never gave a direct answer to any question of the reporters.
40. The direct marketing industry has become adept at packaging special offers.
41. It is usually more profitable to sell direct to the public.
42. His public speeches are in direct contradiction to his personal lifestyle.
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45. People in the flooded areas are in need of direct assistance.
46. The government will direct the additional taxes to the educational reform.
47. Many believe that poverty is a direct consequence of overpopulation.
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49. Most information was collected by direct observation of the animals' behaviour.
50. Exercise has a direct bearing on how healthy you are.
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54. It's good that he used direct taxation rather than stealth taxes to raise the money.
55. I pay my electricity bill by direct debit.
56. High unemployment is a direct result of the recession.
57. He has direct experience of poverty.
58. It costs more to fly direct to Hong Kong.
59. Please direct the package to my girl friend.
60. Few policy-makers have had direct experience of business.
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