Direct (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used with object)

to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
to regulate the course of; control: History is directed by a small number of great men and women.
to administer; manage; supervise: She directs the affairs of the estate.
to give authoritative instructions to; command; order or ordain: I directed him to leave the room.
to serve as a director in the production or performance of (a musical work, play, motion picture, etc.).
to guide, tell, or show (a person) the way to a place: I directed him to the post office.
to point, aim, or send toward a place or object: to direct radio waves around the globe.
to channel or focus toward a given result, object, or end (often followed by to or toward): She directed all her energies toward the accomplishment of the work.
to address (words, a speech, a written report, etc.) to a person or persons: The secretary directed his remarks to two of the committee members.
to address (a letter, package, etc.) to an intended recipient.

verb (used without object)

adjective

proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique: a direct route.
proceeding in an unbroken line of descent; lineal rather than collateral: a direct descendant.
Mathematics.

(of a proportion) containing terms of which an increase (or decrease) in one results in an increase (or decrease) in another: a term is said to be in direct proportion to another term if one increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases).
(of a function) the function itself, in contrast to its inverse.

without intervening persons, influences, factors, etc.; immediate; personal: direct contact with the voters; direct exposure to a disease.
straightforward; frank; candid: the direct remarks of a forthright individual.
absolute; total; exact: the direct opposite.
consisting exactly of the words originally used; verbatim: direct quotation.
of or by action of voters, which takes effect without representatives or another intervening agency, as in direct democracy.
inevitable; consequential: War will be a direct result of such political action.
allocated for or arising from a particular known agency, process, job, etc.: The new machine was listed by the accountant as a direct cost.
of or relating to direct current.
Astronomy.

moving in an orbit in the same direction as the earth in its revolution around the sun.
appearing to move on the celestial sphere in the direction of the natural order of the signs of the zodiac, from west to east.

adverb

verb (mainly tr)

to regulate, conduct, or control the affairs of
to give commands or orders with authority to (a person or group)
to tell or show (someone) the way to a place
to aim, point, or cause to move towards a goal
to address (a letter, parcel, etc)
to address (remarks, words, etc)
to provide guidance to (actors, cameramen, etc) in the rehearsal of a play or the filming of a motion picture
(also intr)

adjective

without delay or evasion; straightforward
without turning aside; uninterrupted; shortest; straight
without intervening persons or agencies; immediate
honest; frank; candid
precise; exact
diametrical
in an unbroken line of descent, as from father to son over succeeding generations
(of government, decisions, etc) by or from the electorate rather than through representatives
(of a proof) progressing from the premises to the conclusion, rather than eliminating the possibility of the falsehood of the conclusion
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere

of or relating to direct current
(of a secondary induced current) having the same direction as the primary current

adverb

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