direct
 di·rect (dĭ-rĕktʹ, dī-)v. di·rect·ed, di·rect·ing, di·rectsv. tr.
1. To manage or conduct the affairs of; regulate.
2. To have or take charge of; control. See Synonyms at conduct.
3. To give authoritative instructions to:
directed the student to answer.
4. To cause to move toward a goal; aim. See Synonyms at aim.
5. To show or indicate the way for:
directed us to the airport.
6. To cause to move in or follow a straight course:
directed their fire at the target.
7. To indicate the intended recipient on (a letter, for example).
8. To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.
9.
a. To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.
b. To supervise the performance of.v. intr.
1. To give commands or directions.
2. To conduct a performance or rehearsal.adj.
1. Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving:
a direct route.
2. Straightforward and candid; frank:
a direct response.
3. Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate:
direct contact; direct sunlight.
4. Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates:
direct elections.
5. Being of unbroken descent; lineal:
a direct descendant of the monarch.
6. Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker:
a direct quotation; direct speech.
7. Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute:
direct opposites.
8. Mathematics. Varying in the same manner as another quantity, especially increasing if another quantity increases or decreasing if it decreases.
9. Astronomy. Designating west-to-east motion of a planet in the same direction as the sun's movement against the stars.
10. Sports. Being a free kick in soccer by which a goal can be scored without the ball being touched by a second player.adv.
Straight; directly. [Middle English directen, from Latin dīrigere, dīrēct-, to give direction to : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + regere, to guide; See reg- in Indo-European Roots.]
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