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verbplan and direct (a complex undertaking)
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"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"adjectivehaving no intervening persons, agents, conditions
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verbput an address on (an envelope)
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verblead, as in the performance of a composition
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"a direct descendant of the king" "direct heredity"adjectivein a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
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"He directed all his energies into his dissertation"verbcause to go somewhere
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"a direct quotation"adjectivein precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
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"the path leads directly to the lake" "went direct to the office"adverbwithout deviation
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verbdirect the course; determine the direction of travelling
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"criticism directed at her superior" "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"verbintend (something) to move towards a certain goal
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verbpoint or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towardstype of:
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verbbe in charge of
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"a direct result of the accident"adjectivebeing an immediate result or consequence
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"He directed the children to do their homework"verbcommand with authority
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"a direct route" "a direct flight" "a direct hit"adjectivedirect in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and shortOpposite:
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"I directed them towards the town hall"verbgive directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
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verbguide the actors in (plays and films)
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"the direct opposite"adjectivelacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
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adjectivemoving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the EarthOpposite:
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"direct current"adjective(of a current) flowing in one direction onlyOpposite:
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"a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)"adjectivesimilar in nature or effect or relation to another quantityOpposite:
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"a direct question" "a direct response" "a direct approach"adjectivestraightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
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