Direct

Definition: Direct

Direct

Adjective

1. Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit".

2. Immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident".

3. Extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach".

4. In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity".

5. (astronomy) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth.

6. (mathematics) varying in the same manner as another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)".

7. (electricity) of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating; "direct current".

8. As an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident".

9. In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim".

10. : effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives; "many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College".

11. : exact; "the direct opposite".

Adverb

1. Without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office".

Verb

1. Command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework".

2. 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. Guide the actors in (plays and films).

4. Be in charge of.

5. Take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace".

6. 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. 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, as in the performance of a musical composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years".

9. Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall".

10. : specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public.

11. : direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.

12. : put an address on (an envelope, for example).

13. : plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "direct" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Etymology: Direct \Di*rect"\, adjective. [Latin directus, past participle of dirigere to direct: compare to French direct. See Dress, and compare to Dirge.]. (references)

Fine Arts

Health

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Direct

Artlessness

Free-spoken, plain-spoken, outspoken; blunt, downright, direct, matter of fact, unpoetical; unflattering.

Command

Verb: command, order, decree, enact, ordain, dictate, direct, give orders.

Direction

Adjective: directed; Verb: directed towards; pointing towards; Verb: bound for; aligned, with alligned with; direct, straight; undeviating, unswerving; straightforward; North, Northern, Northerly; n.

Straightness

Adjective: straight; rectilinear, rectilineal; direct, even, right, true, in a line; unbent, virgate; Verb: undeviating, unturned, undistorted, unswerving; straight as an arrow; (direct); inflexible.

Crosswords: Direct

Dutch (direct, directly, straigh ahead, straight), French (direct, directing, downright, earthy, fast, forthright, Frank, frontal, lineal, non-stop, plump, pointed, proximate, straight, through, upfront), French Canadian (direct), Romanian (bluff, bluntly, candidly, categorical, direct, directly, due, fair, first hand, flat, formal, frankly, full, immediate, official, open, openly, outright, plump, straight, straightforward, straightforwardly, straightly, straightway, through).

Ah, the direct approach (Batman Returns; writing credit: Bob Kane; Daniel Waters)

You disobeyed a direct order and lost a $13 million fighter in the process (Hot Shots!; writing credit: Jim Abrahams; Pat Proft)

Listen to me, I'm giving you a direct order (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls)

You're quite direct. (Alien³; writing credit: Larry Ferguson, David Giler, and Walter Hill.)

Find out who's doing it and direct them to the Bible (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Direct au coeur (1932)

En direct de Palestine (2003)

Direct Effect (2000)

Paradisul în direct (1997)

Would You Kindly Direct Me to Hell?: The Infamous Dorothy Parker (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Abacus Direct Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Bourse Direct: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Concepts Direct, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Genesis Direct, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Hanover Direct Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Direct Marketing: Strategy, Planning, Execution (reference)

• The Direct Path: Creating a Personal Journey to the Divine Through the World's Traditions (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Bay Area Air Quality Management - Board Of Direct Agenda Inc (reference)

• Computer Direct (reference)

• Dermatology Direct Line - Audio Cassette (reference)

• Direct (reference)

• Direct Cimes (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• They Might Be Giants: Direct from Brooklyn (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Direct Memory Access, Vol. 2 (reference)

• Direct From Dakar (reference)

• Penis Enlargement with Direct Communication (Better Sex) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• EFT Direct for Simply Accounting (reference)

• IBM Direct with UM Services 2.2 Program Pack with 1 Server & 1U ACC (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Spencer 50SXB 3/8" x 50' Open Reel with Brake Direct Drive (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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B. anthracis Direct Fluorescent Antibody (DFA) capsule stain, at a 1000x magnification. Credit: CDC.

Histopathology of amebic meningoencephalitis due to Naegleria fowleri seen under direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) stain. Parasite, ameba. Credit: CDC.

The Hubble telescope has given astronomers their first direct look at what is possibly a ... Credit: NASA.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with what may be their first direct ... Credit: NASA.

First direct look, in visible light, at a lone neutron star (RX J185635-3754). (Produced with the Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2, Hubble Space Telescope.). Credit: NASA.

Brazilian Pepper bushes are an ornamental from Brazil that looks like Holly. They produce red berries that birds eat. The birds carry their seeds spreading the plant throughout mangrove habitat where the Pepper bush outcompetes the mangroves. The red berries are beautiful but toxic; direct contact with them causes a poison ivy-like rash. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The shoreline is armored in many coastal areas. This bulkhead, while protecting upland real estate from erosion, limits the growth of salt marshes and provides a direct pathway into the estuary for runoff containing contaminants from upland sources. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Figure 13. Negretti and Zambra thermometer, 1878 model. This instrument is the direct ancestor of most reversing thermometers used up to this time. This was the first instrument to break the column of mercury after reversing to obtain the reading. It was entirely enclosed in a double envelope of glass to eliminate pressure effects. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Ulul after direct hit by Typhoon Amy. People are milling about because their homes were destroyed. Credit: Small World.

Remains of coconut plantation after direct hit by Typhoon Amy. Credit: Small World.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The legislative power is that, which has a right to direct how the force of the common-wealth shall be employed for preserving the community and the members of it. (Second Treatise of Government)

The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. (reference)

Clause 4: No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken. (reference)

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. (reference)

Why otherwise does it direct the judges to take an oath to support it? (reference)

In one word, for exploitation, veiled by religious and political illusions, naked, shameless, direct, brutal exploitation. (reference)

The High Contracting Parties agree that their courts and authorities shall render to the Mixed Arbitral Tribunals direct all the assistance in their power, particularly as regards transmitting notices and collecting evidence. (reference)

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And Miss Bates was obliged to give a direct answer before he would hear her in any thing else

This is direct religion, full of anxiety and of responsibility for him who would scale its walls

They must direct their flocks

The kettle rattled over the direct fire, rattled and wheezed

I determined therefore to direct my course this way, in order to my return to Europe

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Health

One is direct, similar to that of the hookworm. (references)

The nervous system helps direct body movements. (references)

Two routine tests are indirect and direct laryngoscopy. (references)

Business

Dell launched the Direct Dell in India. (references)

Illustrative Study of Direct Import Costs. (references)

The offset may be either direct or indirect. (references)

Children

Philippines

The rules permit nonlawyers to pose questions, allow the child to have companions of her own choosing present, provide for the exclusion of persons not having a direct interest in the case, and permit use of videotaped testimony and one-way mirrors. (references)

Civil Liberties

Burma

This was followed by direct pressure on individual NLD members. (references)

Chile

The broadcast media also are largely independent of government direct influence. (references)

Economic History

Burkina Faso

Suffrage: Direct universal. (references)

Nepal

Only direct investment is permitted. (references)

Mali

Election is direct and by party list. (references)

Human Rights

Japan

These commissions may direct the police to conduct investigations. (references)

Philippines

Direct talks were stalled, but both sides reportedly were working to resume negotiations. (references)

Uzbekistan

They order arrests, direct investigations, prepare criminal cases, and recommend sentences. (references)

Political Economy

EGYPT

At present Egypt has no direct export subsidies. (references)

CHILE

DL 600 investment is generally direct investment. (references)

BANGLADESH

Some barriers to U.S. exports or direct investment exist. (references)

Political Rights

Oman

The law does not provide for political parties or direct elections. (references)

Micronesia

State governors, state legislators, and municipal governments are elected by direct popular vote. (references)

Seychelles

They continue to hold 8 of the 34 seats in the National Assembly, 6 by direct election and 2 by proportional representation. (references)

Trade

Turkey

Direct offsets are preferred. (references)

Venezuela

All shipments must be made on a direct consignment basis. (references)

Ecuador

It is relatively open to U.S. exports and direct investment. (references)

Travel

Bolivia

Direct dialing is available throughout the country. (references)

Barbados

Touch tone service and direct dialing is available. (references)

Moldova

These cities have direct flights to Chisinau, Moldova. (references)

Women

Pakistan

However, Qisas and Diyat cannot be invoked where the victim is a direct lineal descendant of the perpetrator. (references)

United Kingdom

The law prohibits both direct and indirect discrimination in training, housing, and the provision of goods and services, as well as in employment. (references)

Switzerland

The Federal Office for Equality Between Women and Men and the Federal Commission on Women work to eliminate all forms of direct and indirect discrimination. (references)

Worker Rights

Moldova

The play employed direct quotations of trafficked women who have been repatriated. (references)

Dominica

While there are no direct ties, members of certain political parties dominate some unions. (references)

El Salvador

Unions first must seek to resolve differences through direct negotiation, mediation, and arbitration before striking. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "direct": A direct induced current ♦ ats direct speech circuit ♦ automatic direct station selection intercom ♦ clock card with direct substraction recording ♦ cut direct ♦ direct a criticism against ♦ direct access ♦ direct acting ♦ Direct action ♦ direct action fuze ♦ direct advertising ♦ direct aim ♦ direct amendment of a documentary credit message ♦ direct amorization ♦ direct answer ♦ direct antonym ♦ direct around ♦ direct at ♦ direct attention to ♦ direct bags ♦ direct beacon ♦ direct broadcast ♦ direct broadcasting ♦ direct cleaning ♦ direct Client to Client Protocol ♦ Direct Command ♦ direct communication ♦ direct Connection ♦ direct contact ♦ direct contrast ♦ direct control ♦ direct correlation ♦ direct cost ♦ direct costing ♦ direct costs ♦ direct current ♦ direct current bus ♦ direct current chromic process ♦ direct current distribution system ♦ direct current filter ♦ direct current form factor ♦ direct current generator ♦ direct current network ♦ direct current signaling ♦ direct current signalling ♦ direct damage assessment ♦ direct debit ♦ direct debit message ♦ Direct demonstration ♦ direct dialing ♦ Direct discourse ♦ direct distance dialing ♦ direct drive ♦ direct drive propeller ♦ direct dye ♦ direct dyestuff ♦ direct electronic Fourier transform ♦ Direct evidence ♦ Direct examination ♦ direct file ♦ Direct fire ♦ direct fire battery ♦ direct fire target ♦ direct fire weapon ♦ direct flight ♦ direct flight to ♦ direct foreign investment ♦ direct forgiveness of debt ♦ Direct healing ♦ direct heir ♦ direct hit ♦ direct illumination ♦ direct image film ♦ Direct image substitution ♦ direct investment ♦ direct Inward Dialing ♦ direct inward dialling ♦ direct ionising radiation ♦ direct ionizing radiation ♦ direct laying ♦ direct line ♦ direct loan ♦ direct look ♦ Direct Lytic Factors ♦ direct mail advertisement ♦ direct mapped cache ♦ direct marketing ♦ direct marketing diagnostic service ♦ direct material ♦ direct medical cost ♦ direct Memory Access ♦ direct method of allocation of costs ♦ direct moulded ♦ Direct nomination ♦ direct object ♦ direct observation ♦ Direct Observation of the Nu Tau ♦ direct one's attention to smth. ♦ direct one's steps towards ♦ direct oration ♦ direct outward dialing. Additional references.

Beginning with "direct": Direct-Access Storage Device, direct-acting, Direct-acting steam engine, Direct-acting steam pump, direct-action, direct-action steam engine, direct-action steam pump, direct-application, direct-attached, direct-axis, direct-broadcast, direct-care, direct-cast, direct-connect, direct-cooled, Direct-coupled, Direct-coupled antenna, direct-current, direct-dial, direct-dialled, direct-drive, direct-energy, direct-entry, direct-exposure, direct-feed, direct-fired, direct-grant, direct-heat, direct-injected, direct-injection, direct-inversion, direct-labour, direct-link, direct-linked, direct-litho, direct-mail, direct-manipulation, direct-marketing, direct-memory, direct-out, direct-pressure, direct-reading indicator, direct-reduction, direct-sales, direct-sell, direct-sold, Direct-sun, direct-to-disc, direct-track, direct-voltage.

Ending with "direct": buy-direct, comprehensive-turned-direct, less-direct, problem-direct, re-direct, sequential-direct.

Containing "direct": Re-direct examination.

Afrikaans

rig (guide, manage, steer), lei (conduct, guide, head, lead), direk (straight), bestuur (conduct, guide, lead, manage, steer). (various references)

Albanian

dërgoj (cable, consign, delegate, deliver, despatch, detach, dispatch, refer, relegate, send, send off, set forth, set off, transmit), dirigjoj, drejt (aright, directly, endlong, erect, fair, flat, orderly, plump, right, rightly, smack, Square, straight, to, toward, towards), drejtoj (address, administer, administrate, aim, aim at, align, Aline, bend, boss, canalize, Cann, carry on, chair, channel, command, con, conduct, drive, funnel, govern, guide, head, keep, lead, level, manage, navigate, operate, order, pilot, point, preside, rectify, refer, rein, relegate, rule, set, shirk, shoot, show, shunt, superintend, supervise, tend, train, unbend, vector), drejtpërdrejt (closely, directly, flush, immediately), i drejtë (candid, correct, disinterested, downright, equitable, erect, even, fair, impartial, just, kosher, lank, regular, right, Square, stand up, straight, straightaway, true, upright, upstanding, virtuous, white), adresoj (address), absolut (absolute, all-rounder, complete, irrelative, perfect, plenary, sheer, total, utter), i çiltër (artless, candid, downright, forthright, genuine, guileless, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, hearty, innocent, open, open-hearted, plain, plain spoken, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, straightforward, truthful, unaffected, unsophisticated, wholehearted), vë (apply, attach, contract, deposit, establish, get in, get on, impose, inflict, instal, install, instate, lay, lay down, locate, mislay, place, plant, pull on, put, set, settle, shut, stand, station, stick, Stow), i drejtpërdrejtë (first hand, flush, immediate, literal, live, outright, play-by-play, plump, point blank), i hapur (ajar, blunt, champaign, exposed, forthright, Frank, free, heart-to-heart, honest, hospitable, low, naked, open, open-hearted, overground, overt, pervious, plain, public, straightforward, unclosed, uncovered), i plotë (all out, big, broad, clear, close, complete, comprehensive, crowded, dead, dyed in the wool, entire, flush, fraught, full, gross, integral, out and out, outright, overall, perfect, plenary, Plumb, plummy, pregnant, radical, round, sheer, solid, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unabbreviated, uncut, unquestioning, utter, whole), rrymë e vazhdueshme (direct current), tregoj (argue, bear, bespeak, betoken, bring out, connotate, connote, denote, designate, display, establish, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose, express oneself, extend, finger, give away, indicate, infer, make out, manifest, narrate, note, point out, present, proclaim, produce, profess, prove, read, recite, relate, show, show round, spiel, spin out, tell, tell tales, yield), udhëheq (conduct, fugle, guide, head, lead, pilot, pioneer), urdhëroj (appoint, bid, charge, command, decree, dictate, enjoin, give a command, ordain, order, prescribe, require, will), e drejtë (access, admittance, authority, business, call, justice, law, right, title, warrant, warranty). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فرض (assess, commit, enforcement, enjoin, force, impel, impose, imposition, oblige, order, predicate, prescription, put, require), ‏مستقيم (correct, erect, honest, right, stand up, straight, straightforward, through, upright), ‏مباشرة (directly, directness, fair, immediately, initiation, performance, practise, pursuit, straight, straightway), ‏مباشر (collateral, conducting, downright, eve, first hand, forthright, frontal, fulfilling, immediate, lineal, non-stop, plump, point blank, proximate, satisfying, through), ‏قاد (carry, command, conduct, drive, drove, govern, guide, handle, head, helm, induct, introduce, lead, lead in, lead up to, marshal, mastermind, navigate, officer, orientate, pilot, preside, run, see out, shepherd, show, show out, steer, take the lead, usher), ‏وجه (aim, aspect, boss, change, control, countenance, cox, destine, engineer, face, guide, maw, mug, mush, officer, orient oneself, orientate, pan, phiz, point, preside, rein, shepherd, snout, steer, visage), ‏تبع (dangle, follow, go after, succeed, supervene, tread, tread on smb.'s heels), ‏عنون (address, classify), ‏طردي, ‏صريح (bare, bluff, candid, categorical, communicative, crude, downright, expansive, explicit, flat, forthcoming, forthright, frank, genuine, guileless, honest, ingenuous, open, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, overt, palpable, plain, plain spoken, plump, point blank, pronounced, raw, round, simple-hearted, steady, straight, straightforward, transparent, unreserved, unvarnished), ‏المباشر (apparitor), ‏أمر (affair, behest, charge, command, decree, dictate, direction, enjoin, fiat, give an order, instruct, instruction, intimation, matter, officer, ordain, order, ordinance, prescribe, prescript, prescription, sound, thing, warn, word), ‏أخرج (bring out, dispossess, draw out, egress, eject, fetch, get, give off, move out, obtrude, poke, produce, push along, quit, read out, realize, remove, set, shell off, subtract, take out, vomit), ‏أرشد (brief, guide, instruct, lead, lead about, marshal, officer, pilot, streamline, tutor), ‏أدار (administer, boss, carry on, cast, dispense, govern, manage, mobilize, operate, order, preside, procure, rotate, run, slew, slue, spin, spun, steward, superintend, tumble, twiddle, twirl, wind, work). (various references)

Bulgarian 

заповядвам (appoint, bid, command, enjoin, instruct, ordain, require, rule the roost, send an order, tell), дирижирам (conduct, lead), директен (straight, through), директно (straight), давам инструкции (instruct), постоянен (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, firm, fixed, frequent, hourly, immovable, invariable, lasting, minutely, perennial, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, secular, settled, stable, standing, static, steadfast, steady, stock, substantive, sustained, unalterable, undeviating, unfailing, unidirectional, uniform, uninterrupted, unvaried), прав (continuous, erect, flat, forehanded, right, stand up, standing, straight, swerveless, undeviating, unseated, upright, upstanding), прям (above board, bluff, bluffy, blunt, candid, downright, forthright, free-spoken, honest, open, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, round, sincere, straight out, straightaway, straightforward, unaffected, unreserved), диаметрален (diametral, diametrical), адресирам (address, superscribe), упътвам, направо (dead, directly, due, firsthand, flat, flush, forthright, incontinently, outright, plain, plump, point blank, right, roundly, slap, slap bang, straight, straight out), непосредствен (funky, immediate, instant, pressing), отправям (channel, dispatch, extend, forward, put up, send, transmit, turn), командувам (command, lead, officer, push about, push around, queen it, regiment, rule the roast, run), с посока от запад към изток, режисирам, ръководя (administer, administrate, be in charge of, boss, carry on, conduct, control, guide, keep, lead, manage, mastermind, moderate, oversee, pioneer, rule, run, supervise, tutor, work), управлявам (administer, administrate, con, fly, govern, guide, handle, helm, keel, manage, navigate, operate, rule, run, superintend, take), пряк (forthright, immediate, lineal, near, straight). (various references)

Catalan

dret (right, straight), directe, manar (guide, manage, steer). (various references)

Chinese 

直接 (immediate). (various references)

Croatian

izravan. (various references)

Czech

přímo (at firsthand, directly, nonstop, non-stop, outright, Plumb, point blank, right, roundly, sheer, straight, straight away), řídit (administrate, conduct, control, drive, fly, govern, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, manoeuvre, navigate, operate, order, pilot, preside, regulate, steer, supervise, wield), bezprostřední (close, immediate, imminent), nasmìrovat, obrátit (convert, inverse, reverse, tool, toss, upturn), otevřený (above board, avowed, barefaced, blunt, Frank, free-spoken, honest, open, open-hearted, outspoken, overt, plainspoken, raw, straightforward, unclosed, undone, unreserved), adresovat (address), přímý (above board, downright, firsthand, forthright, head on, immediate, nonstop, non-stop, outright, outspoken, plainspoken, Plumb, plump, point blank, right, Square, straight, straightforward, through, upright), zamířit (aim, sight, take aim, wend), poslat (consign, get, pack off, send), pravý (authentic, genuine, good, proper, real, right, straight, true, true born, truthful, unadulterated, unfeigned, veritable, very), režírovat (stage), ukázat cestu, upřímný (candid, fair dealing, feeling, Frank, free-hearted, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, honest, ingenuous, on the up and up, open, open-hearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, simple, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, transparent, true, true-hearted, unaffected, unreserved), vést (administer, captain, carry on, channel, conduce, conduct, convey, give, go, head, keep, lead, look, run, Shepherd, spearhead, steer, stock, supervise, throw, wage, walk, wheel), pøímý. (various references)

Danish

lige (equal, even, just, level, right, straight). (various references)

Dutch

richten (guide, manage, steer), mennen (guide, manage, steer), dirigeren (guide, manage, steer), direct (directly, straigh ahead, straight), besturen (administer, conduct, control, govern, guide, head up, keep house, lead, manage, pilot, restrain, rule, steer). (various references)

Esperanto

direkti (guide, manage, steer), rekta (straight), gvidi (conduct, guide, head, lead). (various references)

Faeroese

stjórna (guide, manage, steer), stýra (conduct, guide, head, lead, navigate), ráða (guide, manage, steer), leiða (conduct, guide, head, lead), beinur (straight). (various references)

Farsi 

متوجه ساختن (Address, Point), هدایت کردن (Conduct, Lead, Rede, Steer), قراول رفتن (Address, Aim), اداره کردن (Address, Administer, Chairman, Conduct, Engineer, Execute, Keep, Man, Manage, Manipulate, Moderate, Officiate, Operate, Rule, Run, Wield). (various references)

Finnish

suunnata (aim, direct one's steps to, divert, guide, head for, level, make for, manage, point, steer, steer to, turn), suora (forthright, frank, right, straight, straight lank, straight line, straightforward), opastaa (conduct, guide, head, instruct, introduce into, lead, show in, show the way). (various references)

French

direct (directing), guider, diriger, administrer (dispense). (various references)

French Canadian

direct. (various references)

Frisian

oanstjoere (conduct, guide, head, lead, manage, steer), liede (conduct, guide, head, lead). (various references)

Galician

directo. (various references)

German

direkt (blunt, bluntly, clear, directly, due, forthright, immediate, immediately, immediatly, lineal, live, one-level, outspoken, outspokenly, perfect, plain, plainly, plump, randomly, really, right, sheer, slap, squarely, straigh ahead, straight, straightly, unbroken, undeviating), lenken (channel, conduct, draw, drive, guide, head, influence, lead, mastermind, navigate, steer, switch), unmittelbar (actual, directly, immediate, immediately, instant, instantaneous, instantaneously, intuitive, ocular, right away, straight), leiten (achieve, act, administer, boss, carry, carry out, chair, channel, conduct, control, convey, determine, divert, do, funnel, govern, guide, head, head up, lead, make, manage, perform, pilot, pipe, route, run, send, to lead), führen (administer, be in the lead, bear, captain, carry, command, conduct, control, drive, feed, fly, go, guide, have a record of, head, head up, keep, lead, lead along, levy, live, manage, Marshal, open, operate, operation, pilot, ply, preside, run, sail, sell, Shepherd, shepherding, steer, stock, take, to guide, wage, walk, wield), richten (address, aim, bend straight, execute, fit, fix, focus, get ready, guide, judge, level, manage, orientate, pass judgment, play, point, prepare, present, put to death, remodel, send, set, sight, smarten up, steer, straighten out, suit, to judge (by), train, turn), dirigieren (channel, conduct, guide, lead, manage, navigate, steer), anweisen (allocate, assign, give, indicate, instruct, order, point out, show, suggest, to direct (to, transfer). (various references)

Greek 

κατευθύνω (canalize, guide), καθοδηγώ (cinduct, goad, guide, steer), σκηνοθετώ (stage), ειλικρινήσ (candid, forthright, hearty, open, open-faced, outspoken, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, straightforward, true blue, whole-hearted), ευθύσ (at once, candid, downright, outright, straight, upright), άμεσοσ (immediate, instant, proxioate), απευθύνω (address), διευθύνω (address, boss, conduct, domineer, manage, route, run (= manage), steer, train, wend). (various references)

Hebrew 

ישיר (directly, express, nonstop, through). (various references)

Hungarian

irányít (administer, boss, canalize, control, govern, guide, head, manage, mastermind, Orient, orientate, oversaw, overseen, regulate, steer, to boss, to con, to conduct, to control, to dictate, to direct, to govern, to guide, to home, to misdirect, to oversee, to pilot, to regulate, to rule, to shepherd, to steer, to supervise, wend), egyenes (downright, even, forthright, guileless, ingenuous, line, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, Plumb, plump, point blank, right, sincere, single-hearted, smooth, straight, straight/direct, straightaway, straightforward). (various references)

Icelandic

réttur (course, right, straight). (various references)

Indonesian

mengarahkan (instructions, maneuver), mengarah (aim at), langsung (lineal, straightway). (various references)

Irish

díreach (straight). (various references)

Italian

diretto (addressed, bound, cross, directly, going, immediate, lineal, outright, plump, point blank, through, through train), guidare (conduct, drive, guide, head, lead, manage, pilot, ride, rule, run, sail, Shepherd, steer), dirigere (administer, aim, boss, conduct, control, edit, govern, guide, head, head for, lead, make for, manage, overrule, pilot, play, route, run, steer, supervise, turn), destro (able, adroit, agile, artful, clever, deft, Dexter, dexterous, dextrous, handy, off, proficient, right, right hand, righthand, skilful, skillful, straight), condurre (bring, carry out, conduce, conduct, drive, guide, head, lead, manage, take, wage, work). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

通し (right through, straight), 真面 (front, honesty, uprightness), 真直 (erect, frank, honest, straight, upright), 真っ直ぐ (erect, frank, honest, straight, upright), 直直 (personal), 直接的 , 直接　 (immediate), 直接 (firsthand, immediate, personal), 直々 (personal), 直 (at once, being straight, cheerfulness, common, correctness, earnestly, exactly, frankness, honesty, immediately, in person, just, mischief, near by, night duty, ordinary, simplicity, soon, straight), ダイヤフラム圧力計 (chinese checkers, dial, dial tone, dial-up, diamond, diaphragm gauge, direct mail, direct marketing, direct sales, diving, doubt, Dow, down, download, downsizing, downtown, switching from mainframe to personal computers). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ダイレクト , ますぐ (erect, frank, honest, straight, upright), まっすぐ (erect, frank, honest, straight, upright), まとも (front, honesty, the front, uprightness), じきじき (personal), じき (abandonment, at once, being straight, chance, cheerfulness, china, correctness, despair, desperation, frankness, honesty, in person, just, magnetism, near by, next period, next term, night duty, opportunity, period, porcelain, season, seasons, self-recording, simplicity, soon, time, writing oneself), とおし (right through, straight), ちょくせつてき, ちょくせつ (decisiveness, directness, firsthand, frank, immediate, personal, prompt, straightforward), ちょく (at once, being straight, cheerfulness, correctness, frankness, honesty, imperial decree, imperial edict, in person, just, near by, night duty, simplicity, soon). (various references)

Korean 

직접 (Directness). (various references)

Luxembourgish

direkte. (various references)

Malay

pimpin (conduct, guide, head, lead). (various references)

Manx

stiurey (captain as team; guidance, captain; guidance, command, control, controllability, direction, guide, handle, handling, helm, lead, manage, manipulate, manipulation, navigate, navigation, pilot, piloting, regulate, regulation, rudder, steer, steering, superintendence, supervise, supervision), leeideil (captain, captain as team, conduct, lead, leading), gurneil (govern), enmys (address, appoint, baptize, baptize ship, cite, denominate, denomination, designate, designation, entitle, enumerate, head, name, nomenclature, nominate, specify, style, superscription, term, terminology, title). (various references)

Norwegian

direkte, styre (administer, control, govern, restrain, rule), rettlede. (various references)

Papiamen

stür (guide, handlebars, helm, manage, rudder, steer). (various references)

Pig Latin

irectday.(various references)

Polish

prowadzić (conduct, guide, head, lead), kierować (conduct, guide, head, lead). (various references)

Portuguese

direto (immediate, non-stop, plainspoken, plump, point-blank, straight, straightforward, through, thru), directo (directly). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

direto (straight). (various references)

Romanian

ghida (conduct, guide, head, lead, manage, pilot, steer), direct (bluff, bluntly, candidly, categorical, directly, due, fair, first hand, flat, formal, frankly, full, immediate, official, open, openly, outright, plump, straight, straightforward, straightforwardly, straightly, straightway, through), conduce (accompany, administer, be in command, boss, boss the show, captain, carry on, charge, command, conduct, control, convey, drive, escort, govern, guide, handle, head, husband, lead, lead the way, manage, master, operate, order, overrule, pilot, preside, restrain, rule, run, sail, see, see off, show, show up, steer, superintend, supervise, take, wield). (various references)

Russian 

ясный (articulate, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, definite, distinct, fine, lucid, matter of course, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, pronounced, self-explanatory, unshadowed, vivid), устремить, указывать путь, точный (accurate, clockwork, correct, deadeye, definite, exact, neat, nice, perfect, pinpoint, precise, punctual, rigorous, strict), отправлять (administer, drop, send, transmit), непосредственно (at first hand, directly, immediately, internally, right), наводить (lay, sight, vector), навести, направлять прямой, направлять (bound for, guide, helm, lead, pioneer, refer, route, steer, steers, train, turn, vector, wend), направить, адресовать (address, superscribe), прямой (candid, downright, erect, face-to-face, first hand, first-level, flat, forthright, free-spoken, lank, outright, outspoken, peer-to-peer, plain, plain dealer, straight, straight out, straightaway, straighted, straightforward, straight-out, up and down, upright), прямо (avowedly, bang, directly, endlong, endways, endwise, erect, foursquare, head-on, in plain English, just, on the level, outright, plainly, plump, point blank, slap, spang, squarely, straight, straight from the shoulder, straight out, straightly, up and down, uprightly), постоянный (abiding, changeless, chronic, constant, continuous, eternal, hard, hourly, immanent, in ordinary, invariable, invariant, perdurable, perm, permanent, perpetual, persistent, regular, settled, stationary, uniform, unvarying). (various references)

Scottish

treòraich (lead, strengthen), stiùir (guide, manage, rudder, steeer, steer), seòl (a sail, a sail Irish seól, instruct, manner, method, mode, navigate, opportunity, point out, sail, show; sail, way), calg-dhìreach. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

direktno (directly, head on, smack), direktan (head on, live, non-stop, through), voditi (conduct, guide, keep, lead, stand, take, wage), usmeriti (aim, beam), uputiti (funnel, initiate, refer, send), upravljati (administer, administrate, construe, govern, head, manage, maneuver, manoeuvre, mastermind, navigate, rule, steer), upraviti (beam, drive, govern, rule, steer), upravan, rukovoditi (administrate, guide, manage, operate, rule the roost, run, superintend), regulisati (control, regularize, regulate, throttle, tune), režirati (stage-manage), neposredan (close, frank, immediate, outgiving, point blank, proximate, straightaway). (various references)

Slovene

direkten. (various references)

Spanish

mandar (be in charge, bid, command, delegate, dictate, draft, draught, enjoin, get off, guide, instruct, lead, manage, officer, ordain, order, post, prescribe, put, send, send along, send in, send off, send on, send out, send round, sending, steer, tell, tell off), guiar (beacon, conduct, drive, govern, guide, head, lead, manage, navigate, steer, train), directo (directly, forehand, forthright, live, non-stop, point blank, through), derecho (bolt upright, canoness, claim, directly, erect, jurisdiction, law, legitimacy, onside, presumption, pretence, rectum, redress, right, standing, straight, straight ahead, title, upright). (various references)

Sranan

leti (account, light, reason, straight). (various references)

Swedish

styra (control, govern, guide, head, helm, manipulate, regulate, rule, steer), rikta (address, aim, deliver, fix, train), rak (erect, shift, straight, upright), direkt (directly, first hand, flat, full, immediate, immediately, lineal, live, on-line, outright, slap, Square, straight, straight away, through). (various references)

Tahitian

'‘faro. (various references)

Thai

ชี้ทาง, ทันที (straightaway, straightway), ตรงไปตรงมา (candid, foursquare, straight, straightforward, straightforwardly), ตรงไป, มุ่งความสนใจไปที่, จ่าหน้าซอง, จัดการ (do, fix, fix up, hack, meet, tee up). (various references)

Turkish

dolaysız (face to face, immediate, point blank), dürüst (above board, candid, christian, conscientious, dinkum, downright, fair, faithful, Frank, guileless, honest, incorruptible, jannock, just, level, moral, on the square, open, plain, regular, right, righteous, right-minded, sincere, single minded, single-hearted, sporting, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight out, straightforward, upfront, upright, upstanding, virtuous), direkt (non-stop, straight, thro, through, thru), direktif vermek, doğru (above board, according to cocker, according to hoyle, accurate, aright, authentic, cheese, correct, due, exact, exactly, fair, fair enough, faithful, for, guileless, honest, honest injun, just, on time, ortho-, orthodox, precisely, prompt, proper, punctual, quite so, right, righteous, sincere, spot-on, Square, straight, straight as a die, straight line, the right, the thing, the truth, thro, through, thru, true, truthful, up to, upstanding), doğrudan doğruya (directly, fair, immediately, lineal, point blank, right, straight), idare etmek (administer, administrate, bestride, boss, conduct, content oneself, control, govern, guide, handle, husband, look after, make both ends meet, make do, make it do, make out, make shift, manage, manipulate, mastermind, officer, quarterback, rein in, rub, rub along, rule, scrape along, spin out, steer, supervise), güneş çevresinde doğudan batıya dönen, yol göstermek (beacon, front, give smb. a lead, give smb. the wall, guide, lead, lead off, lead the way, pilot, prevent, Shepherd), kestirme (catnap, fourty winks, inkling, lay down, lie down, nap, short, shortcut, shut eye, zizz), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy), komuta etmek (be in command, command, officer), yöneltmek (aim, destine, impel, level, Orient, orientate, start, turn), yönetmek (administer, administrate, boss, captain, celebrate, chair, command, conduct, edit, govern, head, lead, oversee, police, preside, produce, rule, run, run the show, steer, supervise), yönlendirmek (canalize, conduct, divert, guide, head, incline, lead, Orient, orientate, parlay, process, prompt, shape, shoo, stage, steer, sway), atfetmek (accredit, arrogate, ascribe, attribute, impute, inscribe, refer, set down), anlaşılır (apparent, apprehensible, clear, cognoscible, comprehensible, decipherable, exoteric, inferable, intelligible, lucid, pellucid, perceptible, understandable, unequivocal), adres yazmak (address), emretmek (bade, bid, command, decree, dictate, enjoin, ordain, order, prescribe, rule, say the word, tell, will). (various references)

Turkmen 

dogrulamak (aim at), ugramak (embark, set off), яьzlenmek (address, turn to), gцnьkdirmek, gцni (straight). (various references)

Ukrainian

спрямовувати (address, aread, beam, bend, govern, head, intend, operate, put, set, throw), керувати (administer, administrate, boss, captain, conduct, control, govern, guide, helm, lead, manage, prevent, quarterback, rule, run, run the show, steer, tutor), відразу (at once, directly, double quick, forthright, holus-bolus, on the spot, outright, readily, right away, straight away, straightway, therewith), відвертий (above board, candid, expansive, forthright, free-hearted, nude, open, outgiving, outright, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, professed, self-confessed, unreserved, upstanding), очевидний (apparent, demonstrable, downright, evident, evidential, gross, manifest, necessary, obvious, open, ostensible, overt, palpable, plain, plum, pronounced, questionless, self evident, transparent, uncontested, unmistakable, utter), наставляти (catechize, moralize), абсолютний (absolute, all round, blank, complete, overall, plenipotential, plenipotentiary, positive, sheer, unmitigated), безпосередньо (directly, first hand, immediately, live, near, nearly, straight), безпосередній (first hand, immediate, instant, play-by-play, proximate, spontaneous), прямовисний (mural, perpendicular, precipitous, prone, sheer, upright, vertical), прямо (above board, avowedly, baldly, bang, barely, broadly, clean, directly, flush, forthright, outright, outspokenly, plainly, plump, point blank, roundly, straight, through, upright), прямий (above board, bald, barefaced, bounden, candid, downright, erect, forthright, ostensive, outright, outspoken, perpendicular, plainspoken, point blank, spadish, straight, straightforward, through), призначати (administer, administrate, affect, allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate, assign, attach, consign, constitute, design, fix, intend, make, mark out, mean, name, number, order, put, tell off), давати вказівку, диригувати (conduct). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trực tiếp, thẳng thắn; rõ ràng, thẳng (erect, flat, front, plump, straight, straightaway, thro, through, undeviating), rạch ròi hoàn toàn, ngay; lập tức thẳng, ngay (immediate, instanter, pronto, very), minh bạch (distinctly, dubious, lucid, self-apparent), lập tức thẳng, không quanh co úp mở, đích thân ngay thẳng. (various references)

Welsh

unionsyth (erect, straight), union.gyrchol (immediate), union (exact, just, straight), llywio (govern, rule, steer), llwybreiddio (forward), hyfforddi (instruct, train), cyfeirio (address, allude, point, refer), cyfarwyddo (become familiary), arwain (carry, conduct, guide, lead). (various references)

kybernan. (various references)

administrabuntur, administrantem, administrantes, administraretur, administrasset, administrat, adversabantur, adversabuntur, adversantes, adversantur, adversarer, adversaretur, adversari, adversaris, adversatur, adverseris, adversi, adversis, adverso, adversos, adversum, adversus, conferebant, conferens, conferentes, conferetis, conferetur, conferre, conferretur, confers, confertis, conlata, contendam, contendas, contendat, contende, contendebant, contendebat, contendentes, contendere, contenderit, contendet, contendi, contendimus, contendis, contendit, contendite, contenditis, contenta, contenti, contentus, contulerunt, contuli, contulit, directa, directae, directam, directo, directum, directus, direxerat, direxerit, direxeritis, direxerunt, direxi, direxisset, direxisti, direxit, direxitque, dirigam, dirigamus, dirigantur, dirigas, dirigat, dirigatur, dirige, dirigebant, dirigebar, dirigendos, dirigens, dirigentes, dirigentur, dirigeret, diriges, diriget, dirigetur, dirigi, dirigit, dirigite, dirigunt, diriguntur, gubernabat, gubernans, gubernantis, gubernare, gubernat, gubernator, gubernatorum, gubernatur, gubernavit, intendo, moderor, praescripta, praescripti, praescriptum, rectas, rectorum, recturus, rectus, rege, regebat, regenti, regere, reges, regesque, reget, regi, regis, rego, rego rexi rectum, rego, rexi, rectum, reguntur, rexi, rexit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "direct": directed, directedness, directednesses, directer, directest, directing, direction, directional, directionalities, directionality, directionless, directionlessness, directionlessnesses, directions, directive, directives, directivities, directivity, directly, directness, directnesses, director, directorate, directorates, directorial, directories, directors, directorship, directorships, directory, directress, directresses, directrice, directrices, directrix, directrixes, directs. (additional references)

Words ending with "direct": codirect, indirect, misdirect, overdirect, redirect. (additional references)

Words containing "direct": bidirectional, bidirectionally, codirected, codirecting, codirection, codirections, codirector, codirectors, codirects, indirection, indirections, indirectly, indirectness, indirectnesses, misdirected, misdirecting, misdirection, misdirections, misdirects, multidirectional, nondirected, nondirectional, nondirective, omnidirectional, overdirected, overdirecting, overdirects, redirected, redirecting, redirection, redirections, redirects, subdirector, subdirectors, undirected, unidirectional, unidirectionally. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Direct" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dargecit, Darracq, Darroch, Derricott, Dieric, dilect, Dimech, dioecy, Diracto, Dirce, direc, directa, directi, directv, direkt, dirrect, disect, diurecti, dreyt, driech, Dunecht, Sdirect. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: credit, triced.

-1 letter: cider, cited, citer, cried, dicer, edict, recti, riced, tired, trice, tried.

-2 letters: cedi, cire, cite, dice, diet, dire, dirt, dite, edit, etic, iced, ired, rice, ride, rite, tide, tied, tier, tire.

-3 letters: die, dit, ice, ire, rec, red, rei, ret, rid, ted, tic, tie.

-4 letters: de, ed, er, et, id, it, re, ti.

+1 letter: cordite, credits, dictier, directs, ditcher, predict, recited, tierced, tricked, verdict.

+2 letters: accredit, acridest, articled, centroid, ceratoid, citrated, codirect, coeditor, cordites, credited, creditor, cricetid, crudites, curdiest, curtsied, decrepit, depicter, depictor, derelict, desertic, deticker, deuteric, dicentra, dieretic, dimetric, directed, directer, directly, director, discreet, discrete, ditchers, diuretic, doctrine, eldritch, indicter, indirect, lacertid, morticed, outcried, picrated, pictured, precited, predicts, radicate, raticide, readdict, redirect, reindict, reinduct, scripted, tetracid, tetradic, timecard, tracheid, trickled, verdicts.