direct

Adj

1. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
2. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
3. Straightforward; sincere.
4. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
5. In the line of descent; not collateral.
6. 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.
7. Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
8. Having a single flight number.
9. Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.

Adv

Directly.

Verb

1. To manage, control, steer.
2. To aim (something) at (something else).
3. To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
5. (dated) To address (a letter) to a particular person or place.

Opposite of

indirect

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīrectus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho.
For the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”).

Synonyms

guide

straight

lead

manage

order

command

conduct

control

aim

instruct

immediate

steer

govern

head

straightforward

⬆️

supervise

point

frank

address

administer

rule

show

upright

prescribe

send

bid

run

train

🚋

fix

directly

teach

right

forthright

honest

candid

open

take

tell

regulate

drive

preside

turn

indicate

advise

handle

focus

boss

erect

enjoin

aim at

Translations

dirigir

directo

diriger

direct

dirigere

direkt

dirigir

diretto

droit

dirigir

führen

unmittelbar

directe

gerade

lenken

Sentences

The ideas should be presented in a more concise and direct manner .

Their tasks involve combat and non-combat operations , including direct hostile engagements and support operations .