Direct(a.) Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
Direct(a.) Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
Direct(a.) Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
Direct(a.) In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.
Direct(a.) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.
Direct(n.) A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.
Direct(v. i.) To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
Direct(v. t.) To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
Direct(v. t.) To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.
Direct(v. t.) To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.
Direct(v. t.) To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.
Direct(v. t.) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.
Directed(imp. & p. p.) of Direct
Directer(n.) One who directs; a director.
Directing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Direct
Direction(n.) The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.
Direction(n.) That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; as, he grave directions to the servants.
Direction(n.) The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; as, the direction of a letter.
Direction(n.) The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; as, the ship sailed in a southeasterly direction.
Direction(n.) The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors.
Direction(n.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; -- distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object.
Directive(a.) Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way.
Directive(a.) Able to be directed; manageable.
Directly(adv.) In a direct manner; in a straight line or course.
Directly(adv.) In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means.
Directly(adv.) Without circumlocution or ambiguity; absolutely; in express terms.
Directly(adv.) Exactly; just.
Directly(adv.) Straightforwardly; honestly.
Directly(adv.) Manifestly; openly.
Directly(adv.) Straightway; next in order; without delay; immediately.
Directly(adv.) Immediately after; as soon as.
Directness(n.) The quality of being direct; straightness; straightforwardness; immediateness.
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