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  1. verb
    plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
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  2. verb
    take somebody somewhere

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  3. adjective
    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"

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  4. verb
    put an address on (an envelope)

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  5. verb
    specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

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  6. verb
    lead, as in the performance of a composition

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  7. adjective
    in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
    "a direct descendant of the king" "direct heredity"
  8. verb
    cause to go somewhere
    "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

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  9. adjective
    in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
    "a direct quotation"

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  10. adverb
    without deviation
    "the path leads directly to the lake" "went direct to the office"

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  11. verb
    direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
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  12. verb
    intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
    "criticism directed at her superior" "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

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  13. verb
    point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

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  14. verb
    be in charge of
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  15. adjective
    being an immediate result or consequence
    "a direct result of the accident"

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  16. verb
    command with authority
    "He directed the children to do their homework"
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  17. adjective
    direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
    "a direct route" "a direct flight" "a direct hit"
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  18. verb
    give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
    "I directed them towards the town hall"
  19. verb
    guide the actors in (plays and films)
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  20. adjective
    lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
    "the direct opposite"

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  21. adjective
    moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
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  22. adjective
    (of a current) flowing in one direction only
    "direct current"
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  23. adjective
    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)"
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  24. adjective
    straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
    "a direct question" "a direct response" "a direct approach"
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