direct

command with authority

• “He directed the children to do their homework”

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• “He aimed his fists towards his opponent”
• “;”
• “;”

guide the actors in (plays and films)

be in charge of

take somebody somewhere

• “We lead him to our chief”
• “can you take me to the main entrance?”
• “He conducted us to the palace”

cause to go somewhere

• “The explosion sent the car flying in the air”
• “She sent her children to camp”
• “He directed all his energies into his dissertation”

aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment

• “Please don”
• “;”
• “;”
• “t train your camera on the women”
• “Take a swipe at one”

lead, as in the performance of a composition

• “conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years”

give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

• “I directed them towards the town hall”

specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

put an address on (an envelope, for example)

plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• “he masterminded the robbery”

direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

• “a direct route”
• “a direct flight”
• “a direct hit”

immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening

• “in direct sunlight”
• “in direct contact with the voters”
• “direct exposure to the disease”
• “a direct link”
• “the direct cause of the accident”

extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action

• “a direct question”
• “a direct response”
• “a direct approach”

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

• “lineal ancestors”
• “lineal heirs”
• “a direct descendant of the king”
• “direct heredity”

moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

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)”

of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating

• “direct current”

as an immediate result or consequence

• “a direct result of the accident”

in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

• “a direct quotation”
• “repeated their dialog verbatim”

effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives

• “many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College”

exact

• “the direct opposite”

without deviation

• “the path leads directly to the lake”
• “went direct to the office”