Verb:
1: direct command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"
2: target, point, aim, direct, place 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"
3: direct guide the actors in (plays and films)
4: direct be in charge of
5: guide, take, conduct, direct, lead take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace"
6: direct, send 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"
7: take, direct, aim, take aim, train 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"
8: lead, conduct, direct lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
9: direct give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"
10: aim, calculate, direct specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
11: manoeuvre, manoeuver, steer, point, maneuver, guide, direct, head, channelise, channelize direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
12: address, direct put an address on (an envelope)
13: engineer, direct, orchestrate, mastermind, organise, organize plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
Adjective:
1: undeviating, point-blank, door-to-door, straightforward, nonstop, direct, through, unswerving direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit"
2: unmediated, immediate, direct 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"
3: straight-from-the-shoulder, blunt, plainspoken, bluff, pointed, forthright, upfront, straight, candid, unvarnished, flat-footed, direct, frank, outspoken, plain, square, free-spoken, no-nonsense, point-blank, straightforward, man-to-man extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"
4: patrilineal, unilateralist, matrilineal, unilateral, direct, lineal, patrilinear, matrilinear in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"
5: direct moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
6: direct 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)"
7: direct (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current"
8: direct, primary being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"
9: direct, exact, verbatim in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
10: direct, absolute lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"
Adverb:
1: direct, directly, straight without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office"