Results for direct
Definitions of direct:
part of speech: verb transitive
To keep or lay quite straight: to point or aim straightly or correctly: to point out the proper course to: to guide: to order: to mark with the name and residence of a person.
part of speech: verb transitive
To aim or drive in a straight line; guide or show.
part of speech: verb intransitive
part of speech: adjective
Quite straight: straightforward: in the line of descent: outspoken: sincere.
part of speech: adjective
Not crooked or winding; straight; right; not circuitous; plain; open.
part of speech: verb
To show the right road or course; to aim or point in a straight line; to regulate; to guide or lead; to order or instruct; to address as a letter.
part of speech: adjective
Straight; open; plain; straightforward; as, a direct manner of speaking.
part of speech: noun
part of speech: noun
A mark in music to guide the performer from the last note of one stave to the first of another.
Usage examples for direct:
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He wants me to direct the operetta.
"Marjorie Dean, High School Junior", Pauline Lester -
You lose confidence in your friends, you lose confidence in yourself; but go to the Lord Jesus, and believe he will direct you, and he will do it.
"A Woman's Life-Work Labors and Experiences", Laura S. Haviland -
I have carefully sought to direct my steps so as to avoid it, but could not.
"American Prisoners of the Revolution", Danske Dandridge -
Harding gave her a direct glance.
"Blake's Burden", Harold Bindloss