• plan and Direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
• command with authority; "He Directed the children to do their homework"
• give Directions to; point somebody into a certain Direction; "I Directed them towards the town hall"
• put an address on (an envelope, for example)
• 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"
• aim or Direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "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"
• guide the actors in (plays and films)
• lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
• Direct the course; determine the Direction of travelling
• 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"
• take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
• be in charge of
• exact; "the Direct opposite"
• effected Directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives; "many people favor Direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College"
• Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a Direct route"; "a Direct flight"; "a Direct hit"
• of a current flowing in one Direction only; not alternating; "Direct current"
• extended senses; Direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a Direct question"; "a Direct response"; "a Direct approach"
• 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)"
• moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same Direction as the Earth
• immediate or Direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening; "in Direct sunlight"; "in Direct contact with the voters"; "Direct exposure to the disease"; "a Direct link"; "the Direct cause of the accident"
• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a Direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
• in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a Direct descendant of the king"; "Direct heredity"
• as an immediate result or consequence; "a Direct result of the accident"
• without deviation; "the path leads Directly to the lake"; "went Direct to the office"

'Direct' in other languages