Directs Meaning
There are 24 meaning(s) for word Directs
Meaning 1 : plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
Synonyms : engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize
Synonyms : engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize
Meaning 3 : having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
Example : 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
Synonyms : unmediated
Example : 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
Synonyms : unmediated
Meaning 5 : specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
Synonyms : aim, calculate
Synonyms : aim, calculate
Meaning 7 : in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
Example : a direct descendant of the king,direct heredity
Synonyms : lineal
Example : a direct descendant of the king,direct heredity
Synonyms : lineal
Meaning 8 : cause to go somewhere
Example : He directed all his energies into his dissertation
Synonyms : send
Example : He directed all his energies into his dissertation
Synonyms : send
Meaning 9 : in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
Example : a direct quotation
Synonyms : verbatim
Example : a direct quotation
Synonyms : verbatim
Meaning 10 : without deviation
Example : the path leads directly to the lake,went direct to the office
Synonyms : directly, straight
Example : the path leads directly to the lake,went direct to the office
Synonyms : directly, straight
Meaning 11 : direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Synonyms : channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
Synonyms : channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer
Meaning 12 : intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Example : criticism directed at her superior,direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
Synonyms : aim, place, point, target
Example : criticism directed at her superior,direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
Synonyms : aim, place, point, target
Meaning 13 : point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Synonyms : aim, take, take aim, train
Synonyms : aim, take, take aim, train
Meaning 14 : be in charge of
Meaning 15 : being an immediate result or consequence
Example : a direct result of the accident
Example : a direct result of the accident
Meaning 16 : command with authority
Example : He directed the children to do their homework
Example : He directed the children to do their homework
Meaning 17 : direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
Example : a direct route,a direct flight,a direct hit
Example : a direct route,a direct flight,a direct hit
Meaning 18 : give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
Example : I directed them towards the town hall
Example : I directed them towards the town hall
Meaning 19 : guide the actors in (plays and films)
Meaning 20 : lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
Example : the direct opposite
Example : the direct opposite
Meaning 21 : moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
Meaning 22 : (of a current) flowing in one direction only
Example : direct current
Example : direct current
Meaning 23 : similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
Example : a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
Example : a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
Meaning 24 : straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Example : a direct question,a direct response,a direct approach
Example : a direct question,a direct response,a direct approach