Inside the Universes

Words with a similar base: direct, directly

'direct'

[direct.v.01] as in: command with authority

Examples:
He directed the children to do their homework

'direct'

[target.v.01] as in: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

Examples:
He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
criticism directed at her superior
direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself

'direct'

[direct.v.03] as in: guide the actors in (plays and films)

'direct'

[direct.v.04] as in: be in charge of

'direct'

[lead.v.01] as in: take somebody somewhere

Examples:
We lead him to our chief
can you take me to the main entrance?
He conducted us to the palace

'direct'

[send.v.01] as in: cause to go somewhere

Examples:
The explosion sent the car flying in the air
She sent her children to camp
He directed all his energies into his dissertation

'direct'

[aim.v.01] as in: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

Examples:
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

'direct'

[conduct.v.02] as in: lead, as in the performance of a composition

Examples:
conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years

'direct'

[direct.v.09] as in: give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

Examples:
I directed them towards the town hall

'direct'

[calculate.v.05] as in: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

'direct'

[steer.v.01] as in: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

'direct'

[address.v.03] as in: put an address on (an envelope)

'direct'

[mastermind.v.01] as in: plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

Examples:
he masterminded the robbery

'direct'

[direct.a.01] as in: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

Examples:
a direct route
a direct flight
a direct hit

'direct'

[direct.s.01] as in: having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

Examples:
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

'direct'

[direct.a.03] as in: straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

Examples:
a direct question
a direct response
a direct approach

'direct'

[lineal.a.01] as in: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

Examples:
lineal ancestors
lineal heirs
a direct descendant of the king
direct heredity

'direct'

[direct.a.05] as in: moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

'direct'

[direct.a.06] as in: similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

Examples:
a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)

'direct'

[direct.a.07] as in: (of a current) flowing in one direction only

Examples:
direct current

'direct'

[direct.s.02] as in: being an immediate result or consequence

Examples:
a direct result of the accident

'direct'

[direct.s.03] as in: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

Examples:
a direct quotation
repeated their dialog verbatim

'direct'

[direct.s.04] as in: lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact

Examples:
the direct opposite

'direct'

[directly.r.01] as in: without deviation

Examples:
the path leads directly to the lake
went direct to the office

Origins

					direct (English)
└── directus (Latin)