Direct

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VERB

command with authority

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

guide the actors in (plays and films)

be in charge of

take somebody somewhere

cause to go somewhere

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

lead, as in the performance of a composition

give directions to

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

direct the course

put an address on (an envelope)

plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

ADJ

direct in spatial dimensions

having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

moving from west to east on the celestial sphere

similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

(of a current) flowing in one direction only

being an immediate result or consequence

in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

lacking compromising or mitigating elements

ADV

without deviation

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