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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91. He avoided giving a direct answer.
92. I'm paid by direct credit into my bank account.
93. The Democrats shifted the emphasis away from direct taxation.
94. Could you direct me to the airport?
95. Never change the film in direct sunlight.
96. He claims direct descent from Mohammed.
97. Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas.
98. He received a direct order from the President.
99. Diana is a direct descendant of Robert Peel.
100. We are in direct communication with Moscow.
101. That's in direct contradiction to what he said yesterday.
102. Direct sunlight will scorch the plant's leaves.
103. She decided to take direct control of the project.
104. Who will direct at the concert?
105. To avoid any delay please phone your order direct.
106. He was in direct contact with the kidnappers.
107. Chocolate should never be melted over direct heat.
108. Her manner can be rather direct.
109. The 1972 act imposed direct rule from Westminster.
110. She is a direct descendant of Queen Victoria.
111. You are buying direct, rather than through an agent.
112. There is no direct descent from the summit.
113. There is a direct link between poverty and ill-health.
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114. There is nobody to direct the workers.
115. I prefer to deal with him direct.
116. I'd like to direct your attention to paragraph four.
117. I'm not in direct contact with them.
118. We flew direct from London to New York.
119. Our ship took a direct hit and sank.
120. Their government's revenues come mainly from direct taxes.
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