Word Finder - direct

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To manage, control, steer.

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to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army

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To aim (something) at (something else).

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He directed his question to the room in general.

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To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.

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He directed me to the left-hand road.

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To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

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She directed them to leave immediately.

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To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.

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to direct a letter

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Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

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Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.

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the most direct route between two buildings

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Straightforward; sincere.

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Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

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In the line of descent; not collateral.

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a descendant in the direct line

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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.

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Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.

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direct nomination; direct legislation

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(travel) having a single flight number.

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Directly.

Finally she ducked her head and came to the direct point.

The underworld doesn't have direct sunlight.

His direct look managed to stir what part of her wasn't already desperate.

At the very least, perhaps they might be able to direct her to the help she so obviously needed.

He didn't respond, and she thought it best to direct her energy to walking rather than talking.

Annie's death was a direct result of him and his actions.

Perhaps it was time to request more direct help from Daniel Brennan.

He was trying not to let the feel of Katie.s skin heat his blood, but her nearness and direct gaze lit him afire.

He was cold where Andre was warm, and Wynn's direct gaze held no emotion.

When he turned back to her, the gaze was as direct as the question.

He took up a protective stance within direct sight of them, so still, he seemed like a statue.

I will myself direct your battalions.

How may I direct your call? a pleasant voice answered.

He preferred the direct approach over any form of subtlety.

The two drinks and lack of a third caused him to be more direct than normal politeness would dictate.

She evaded the direct question.

Headlights were backed up as far as the eye could see, waiting impatiently for someone to direct them away from the gridlock.

The commander-in-chief never takes direct part in the action itself, but only gives general orders concerning the movement of the mass of the troops.

His direct gaze was intense as he took in her features.

They were spinning out of control, fed by the direct contact with him and the elusive scent that was making her mouth water.

He knew Cynthia would not look kindly on any direct line of questioning in the personal area of parentage.

His muscular frame and direct gaze made her uneasy.

His conversation always related entirely to himself; he would remain calm and silent when the talk related to any topic that had no direct bearing on himself.

I'm sure answers might be forthcoming via direct and persuasive questioning.

Unless Sasha posed a direct threat to the Council, Kris was forbidden from buying an assassination, despite suspecting his brother wasn.t as innocent as he proclaimed.

She inched away from a plant whose slender stalk was maneuvering through several other plants to position its leaves in direct sunlight.

But... in short, the fact is... you know yourself that last winter the count made a will by which he left all his property, not to us his direct heirs, but to Pierre.

A sovereign should not be with the army unless he is a general! said Napoleon, evidently uttering these words as a direct challenge to the Emperor.

At first he watched the serfs, trying to understand their aims and what they considered good and bad, and only pretended to direct them and give orders while in reality learning from them their methods, their manner of speech, and their judgment of what was good and bad.

And this was not the result of logical reasoning but was a direct and mysterious reflection.

I'll direct all my efforts into preparing for our new baby.

His gaze was direct, just short of demanding.

Absent one of those gizmos to see around corners or a newspaper with a hole in it to held high like all the really cool spies do, Dean tried the direct approach.

He has direct access to you and the most to gain.

I performed all the infrequent and minimal tasks of Econ Scrutiny and handled any direct contact with Daniel Brennan.

I check the web site of After occasionally but have refrained from direct contact.

It was not the polite, curious glances of Romas's people but direct looks that made her skin crawl with awareness.

Prince Andrew listened attentively to Bagration's colloquies with the commanding officers and the orders he gave them and, to his surprise, found that no orders were really given, but that Prince Bagration tried to make it appear that everything done by necessity, by accident, or by the will of subordinate commanders was done, if not by his direct command, at least in accord with his intentions.

If only I were to hand the letter direct to him and tell him all... could they really arrest me for my civilian clothes?

I apologize if I am being too direct.

He held her arm up to the direct light.

Towards the close of the Palaeozoic era France had become a part of a great continent; in the north the Coal Measures of the Boulonnais and the Nord were laid down in direct connection with those of Belgium and England, while in the Central Plateau the Coal Measures were deposited in isolated and scattered basins.

The countess had written direct to Julie's mother in Moscow suggesting a marriage between their children and had received a favorable answer from her.

Our internal electrical system works by using cells that have built up electrical gradient or energy that can be given off to other cells by direct transfer.

He has been very assertive and direct.

Maybe her "hard to get" act wasn't working, so she was trying something a little more direct.

The old man grabbed a metal trashcan from the curb and in one motion swung it at the car, scoring a direct hit on the windshield.

His direct gaze left her unsettled once more.

That stopped whatever fire she was about to direct his way.

She quit her old one to work for Xander – at Jonny's direct order.