direct in WordNet English dictionary

1. put an address on (an envelope)
   address  direct 
   
2. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
   calculate  aim  direct 
   
3. point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
   "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"
   aim  take  train  take aim  direct 
   
4. 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"
   target  aim  place  direct  point 
   
5. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
   steer  maneuver  manoeuver  manoeuvre  direct  point  head  guide  channelize  channelise 
   
6. lead, as in the performance of a composition
   "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
   conduct  lead  direct 
   
7. take somebody somewhere
   "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
   lead  take  direct  conduct  guide 
   
8. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
   "he masterminded the robbery"
   mastermind  engineer  direct  organize  organise  orchestrate 
   
9. command with authority
   "He directed the children to do their homework"
   direct 
   
10. give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
    "I directed them towards the town hall"
    direct 
    
11. guide the actors in (plays and films)
    direct 
    
12. 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"
    send  direct 
    
13. be in charge of
    direct 
    

1. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
   "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
   direct 
   
2. (of a current) flowing in one direction only
   "direct current"
   direct 
   
3. straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
   "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
   direct 
   
4. 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)"
   direct 
   
5. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
   "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
   lineal  direct 
   
6. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
   direct 
   
7. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
   "the direct opposite"
   direct 
   
8. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
   "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
   direct  verbatim 
   
9. 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"
   direct  unmediated 
   
10. being an immediate result or consequence
    "a direct result of the accident"
    direct 
    

1. without deviation
   "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"
   directly  straight  direct  directly  straight  direct