English to English
adjective
- direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
A direct route.
A direct flight.
A direct hit.
source: WordNet 3.0
- straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
A direct question.
A direct response.
A direct approach.
source: WordNet 3.0
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
Lineal ancestors.
Lineal heirs.
A direct descendant of the king.
Direct heredity.
source: WordNet 3.0
- moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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).
source: WordNet 3.0
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
Direct current.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
source: Webster 1913
- Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- A character, thus [&?;], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.
source: Webster 1913
adverb
- without deviation
The path leads directly to the lake.
Went direct to the office.
source: WordNet 3.0
adjective satellite
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- being an immediate result or consequence
A direct result of the accident.
source: WordNet 3.0
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
A direct quotation.
Repeated their dialog verbatim.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
The direct opposite.
source: WordNet 3.0
verb
- command with authority
He directed the children to do their homework.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
source: WordNet 3.0
- be in charge of
source: WordNet 3.0
- take somebody somewhere
We lead him to our chief.
Can you take me to the main entrance?.
He conducted us to the palace.
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- 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.
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- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
Conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years.
source: WordNet 3.0
- give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
I directed them towards the town hall.
source: WordNet 3.0
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
source: WordNet 3.0
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
source: WordNet 3.0
- put an address on (an envelope)
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- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
He masterminded the robbery.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
source: Webster 1913
- To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
adj
- [diréct] Matwid
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [diréct] Mamatnugot; pumatnubay; mamahalà; magtwid; itwid; twirin
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
