Direct

English Meaning

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

1. To manage or conduct the affairs of; regulate.
2. To have or take charge of; control. See Synonyms at conduct.
3. To give authoritative instructions to: directed the student to answer.
4. To cause to move toward a goal; aim. See Synonyms at aim.
5. To show or indicate the way for: directed us to the airport.
6. To cause to move in or follow a straight course: directed their fire at the target.
7. To indicate the intended recipient on (a letter, for example).
8. To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.
9. To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.
10. To supervise the performance of.
11. To give commands or directions.
12. To conduct a performance or rehearsal.
13. Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving: a direct route.
14. Straightforward and candid; frank: a direct response.
15. Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate: direct contact; direct sunlight.
16. Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates: direct elections.
17. Being of unbroken descent; lineal: a direct descendant of the monarch.
18. Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker: a direct quotation; direct speech.
19. Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute: direct opposites.
20. Mathematics Varying in the same manner as another quantity, especially increasing if another quantity increases or decreasing if it decreases.
21. Astronomy Designating west-to-east motion of a planet in the same direction as the sun's movement against the stars.
22. Sports Being a free kick in soccer by which a goal can be scored without the ball being touched by a second player.
23. Straight; directly.