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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Direct \Di*rect"\, v. i.
     To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
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           Wisdom is profitable to direct.          --Eccl. x. 10.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Direct \Di*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Directed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Directing.]
     1. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a
        mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct
        an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
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     2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right
        course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as,
        he directed me to the left-hand road.
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              The Lord direct your into the love of God. --2
                                                    Thess. iii. 5.
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              The next points to which I will direct your
              attention.                            --Lubbock.
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     3. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on
        in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain
        end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of
        a nation or the movements of an army.
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              I will direct their work in truth.    --Is. lxi. 8.
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     4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior;
        to order; as, he directed them to go.
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              I 'll first direct my men what they shall do.
                                                    --Shak.
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     5. To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name
        and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to
        superscribe; as, to direct a letter.
  
     Syn: To guide; lead; conduct; dispose; manage; regulate;
          order; instruct; command.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Direct \Di*rect"\, n. (Mus.)
     A character, thus [?], placed at the end of a staff on the
     line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise
     the performer of its situation. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Direct \Di*rect"\, a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct:
     cf. F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.]
     1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by
        the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct
        line; direct means.
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              What is direct to, what slides by, the question.
                                                    --Locke.
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     2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from
        truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
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              Be even and direct with me.           --Shak.
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     3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
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              He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
                                                    --Locke.
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              A direct and avowed interference with elections.
                                                    --Hallam.
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     4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant
        in the direct line.
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     5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary
        motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs;
        not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial
        body.
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     6. (Political Science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately
        by, action of the people through their votes instead of
        through one or more representatives or delegates; as,
        direct nomination, direct legislation.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Direct action.
        (a) (Mach.) See Direct-acting.
        (b) (Trade unions) See Syndicalism, below. [Webster 1913
            Suppl.]
  
     Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted
        without change in its form; as, he said ``I can not
        come;'' -- correlative to indirect discourse, in which
        there is change of form; as, he said that he could not
        come. They are often called respectively by their Latin
        names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua.
  
     Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or not
        inferential; -- opposed to circumstantial evidence, or
        indirect evidence. -- This distinction, however, is
        merely formal, since there is no direct evidence that is
        not circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its
        credibility. --Wharton.
  
     Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a
        witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott.
  
     Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is
        perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet
        aimed at.
  
     Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working
        condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight.
  
     Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and
        polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or
        customs, and from excise.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Direct \Di*rect"\, a. (Political Science)
     Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the
     people through their votes instead of through one or more
     representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct
     legislation.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Demonstration \Dem`on*stra"tion\, n. [L. demonstratio: cf. F.
     d['e]monstration.]
     1. The act of demonstrating; an exhibition; proof;
        especially, proof beyond the possibility of doubt;
        indubitable evidence, to the senses or reason.
  
              Those intervening ideas which serve to show the
              agreement of any two others are called ``proofs;''
              and where agreement or disagreement is by this means
              plainly and clearly perceived, it is called
              demonstration.                        --Locke.
  
     2. An expression, as of the feelings, by outward signs; a
        manifestation; a show.
  
              Did your letters pierce the queen to any
              demonstration of grief?               --Shak.
  
              Loyal demonstrations toward the prince. --Prescott.
  
     3. (Anat.) The exhibition and explanation of a dissection or
        other anatomical preparation.
  
     4. (Mil.) a decisive exhibition of force, or a movement
        indicating an attack.
  
     5. (Logic) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or
        the proof itself.
  
     6. (Math.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain
        result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; --
        these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously
        established propositions.
  
     Direct, or Positive, demonstration (Logic & Math.), one
        in which the correct conclusion is the immediate sequence
        of reasoning from axiomatic or established premises; --
        opposed to
  
     Indirect, or Negative, demonstration (called also
        reductio ad absurdum), in which the correct conclusion
        is an inference from the demonstration that any other
        hypothesis must be incorrect.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Tax \Tax\, n. [F. taxe, fr. taxer to tax, L. taxare to touch,
     sharply, to feel, handle, to censure, value, estimate, fr.
     tangere, tactum, to touch. See Tangent, and cf. Task,
     Taste.]
     1. A charge, especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed
        by authority. Specifically:
        (a) A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for
            the support of a government.
  
                  A farmer of taxes is, of all creditors,
                  proverbially the most rapacious.  --Macaulay.
        (b) Especially, the sum laid upon specific things, as upon
            polls, lands, houses, income, etc.; as, a land tax; a
            window tax; a tax on carriages, and the like.
  
     Note: Taxes are annual or perpetual, direct or
           indirect, etc.
        (c) A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society
            to defray its expenses.
  
     2. A task exacted from one who is under control; a
        contribution or service, the rendering of which is imposed
        upon a subject.
  
     3. A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge; as, a heavy
        tax on time or health.
  
     4. Charge; censure. [Obs.] --Clarendon.
  
     5. A lesson to be learned; a task. [Obs.] --Johnson.
  
     Tax cart, a spring cart subject to a low tax. [Eng.]
  
     Syn: Impost; tribute; contribution; duty; toll; rate;
          assessment; exaction; custom; demand.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Direct \Di*rect"\, a. [L. directus, p. p. of dirigere to direct:
     cf. F. direct. See Dress, and cf. Dirge.]
     1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by
        the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct
        line; direct means.
  
              What is direct to, what slides by, the question.
                                                    --Locke.
  
     2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from
        truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
  
              Be even and direct with me.           --Shak.
  
     3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
  
              He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
                                                    --Locke.
  
              A direct and avowed interference with elections.
                                                    --Hallam.
  
     4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant
        in the direct line.
  
     5. (Astron.) In the direction of the general planetary
        motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs;
        not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.
  
     Direct action. (Mach.) See Direct-acting.
  
     Direct discourse (Gram.), the language of any one quoted
        without change in its form; as, he said ``I can not
        come;'' -- correlative to indirect discourse, in which
        there is change of form; as, he said that he could not
        come. They are often called respectively by their Latin
        names, oratio directa, and oratio obliqua.
  
     Direct evidence (Law), evidence which is positive or not
        inferential; -- opposed to circumstantial, or indirect,
        evidence. -- This distinction, however, is merely formal,
        since there is no direct evidence that is not
        circumstantial, or dependent on circumstances for its
        credibility. --Wharton.
  
     Direct examination (Law), the first examination of a
        witness in the orderly course, upon the merits. --Abbott.
  
     Direct fire (Mil.), fire, the direction of which is
        perpendicular to the line of troops or to the parapet
        aimed at.
  
     Direct process (Metal.), one which yields metal in working
        condition by a single process from the ore. --Knight.
  
     Direct tax, a tax assessed directly on lands, etc., and
        polls, distinguished from taxes on merchandise, or
        customs, and from excise.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Direct \Di*rect"\, v. i.
     To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
  
           Wisdom is profitable to direct.          --Eccl. x. 10.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Direct \Di*rect"\, n. (Mus.)
     A character, thus [?], placed at the end of a staff on the
     line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise
     the performer of its situation. --Moore (Encyc. of Music).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Direct \Di*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Directed; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Directing.]
     1. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a
        mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct
        an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
  
     2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right
        course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as,
        he directed me to the left-hand road.
  
              The Lord direct your into the love of God. --2
                                                    Thess. iii. 5.
  
              The next points to which I will direct your
              attention.                            --Lubbock.
  
     3. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on
        in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain
        end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of
        a nation or the movements of an army.
  
              I will direct their work in truth.    --Is. lxi. 8.
  
     4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior;
        to order; as, he directed them to go.
  
              I 'll first direct my men what they shall do.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     5. To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name
        and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to
        superscribe; as, to direct a letter.
  
     Syn: To guide; lead; conduct; dispose; manage; regulate;
          order; instruct; command.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  direct
       adj 1: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation
              or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route";
              "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" [ant: indirect]
       2: 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"
       3: extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or
          language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct
          response"; "a direct approach" [ant: indirect]
       4: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;
          "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant
          of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn: lineal] [ant: collateral]
       5: moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for
          planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
          [ant: retrograde]
       6: 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)" [ant: inverse]
       7: of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating;
          "direct current" [ant: alternating]
       8: as an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of
          the accident"
       9: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a
          direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" [syn:
          verbatim]
       10: 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"
       11: exact; "the direct opposite"
       adv : without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake";
             "went direct to the office" [syn: directly, straight]
       v 1: command with authority; "He directed the children to do
            their homework"
       2: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed
          his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism
          directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards
          others, not towards yourself" [syn: target, aim, place,
           point]
       3: guide the actors in (plays and films)
       4: be in charge of
       5: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can
          you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to
          the palace" [syn: lead, take, conduct, guide]
       6: 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" [syn: send]
       7: aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as
          photographic equipment; "Please don't aim at your little
          brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't
          train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's
          opponent" [syn: aim, take, train, take aim]
       8: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an
          orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for
          years" [syn: conduct, lead]
       9: give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;
          "I directed them towards the town hall"
       10: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a
           certain public [syn: calculate, aim]
       11: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
           [syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point,
            head, guide, channelize, channelise]
       12: put an address on (an envelope, for example) [syn: address]
       13: plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded
           the robbery" [syn: mastermind, engineer, organize,
           organise, orchestrate]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  direct
     Γαλλικά a.
     1 άμεσος
     2 απερίφραστος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  direct
     Dutch a.
     1 (l en direct), immediate
     2 (l en direct), blunt, frank
     Dutch adv.
     immediately
     French a.
     (l en direct)
     French n.
     (lb fr media) live broadcast, live reporting
     French adv.
     (lb fr colloquial) directly
     Norman a.
     (lb nrf Jersey) #English

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  direct
     a.
     1 Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
     2 Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short
  or shortest way to a point or end.
     3 Straightforward; sincere.
     4 Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
     5 In the line of descent; not collateral.
     6 (lb en astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion,
  or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of
  the motion of a celestial body.
     7 (lb en political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately
  by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or
  more representatives or delegates.
     8 (lb en aviation travel) having a single flight number.
     adv.
     directly.
     vb.
     1 To manage, control, steer.
     2 To aim (something) at (something else).
     3 To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to
  guide, as by pointing out the way.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  direct
     Dutch a.
     1 (l en direct), immediate
     2 (l en direct), blunt, frank
     Dutch adv.
     immediately
     French a.
     (l en direct)
     French n.
     (lb fr media) live broadcast, live reporting
     French adv.
     (lb fr colloquial) directly
     Romanian a.
     1 (l en direct)
     2 head-on
     Romanian adv.
     1 directly
     2 straight

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  direct
     Dutch a.
     1 (l en direct), immediate
     2 (l en direct), blunt, frank
     Dutch adv.
     immediately
     French a.
     (l en direct)
     French n.
     (lb fr media) live broadcast, live reporting
     French adv.
     (lb fr colloquial) directly

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  direct
     Ranska a.
     suora
     Ranska n.
     1 suora lähetys
     2 suora lento, matka
     3 (yhteys urheilu k=fr) suora (''lyönti nyrkkeilyssä'')

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  direct
     Franska a.
     1 direkt; utan omvägar
     2 rättfram, direkt
     3 (tagg grammatik språk=fr) direkt

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  1. bestuur, rig
  2. lei
  3. direk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  مباشر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  direct //d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt// //daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt// //dəˈɹɛkt// 
  непосре́дствен, пряк
  straight, constant, without interruption

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  direct //d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt// //daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt// //dəˈɹɛkt// 
  1. насочвам, упътвам
  to aim at
  2. ръководя, управлявам
  to manage, control, steer

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  namířit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  nařídit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  směřovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  nasměrovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  zamířit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  vést

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  kontrolovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  bezprostřední

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  dirigovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  řídit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  přímo

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  přímý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  přímočarý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  rovný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  rovnou

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  cyfarwyddo 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  cyfeirio 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  sianelu 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  uniongyrchol 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  Regie führen 
           Note: bei etw.
           Note: sth.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  direkt 
        "a direct flight"  - eine direkte Flugverbindung

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  gerade, direkt 
   see: direct connection, direct flight, through train
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  regeln, anweisen 
   see: directing, directed
  
           Note: to; at

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  richten, abzielen 
           Note: nach; auf
   see: directing, directed, directs, directed
  
           Note: to; at; towards

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  unmittelbar 
        "in direct relationship to"  - in unmittelbarem Zusammenhang mit
   see: direct possession
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  stufenlos 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  
  καθοδηγώ, σκηνοθετώ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  direct //d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt// //daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt// //dəˈɹɛkt// 
  suora
  straight, constant, without interruption

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  direct //d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt// //daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt// //dəˈɹɛkt// 
  1. tähdätä
  to aim at
  2. ohjata
  to manage, control, steer

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  direct /direkt/
  1. diriger
  2. guider, régler
  3. direct, droit

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  direct /direkt/
  díreach

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  1. सीधा
        "He asked a direct question relating to her personal life."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  1. पथ~दिखाना
        "I directed them towards the town hall."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  direktan, direktno, istosmjeran, izravan, izravne, izravni, izravno, izravnog, izravnoj, narediti, naređivati, neposredan, neposredni, neposrednog, otvoren, rukovoditi, upraviti, upravljati, upravni, usmjeriti

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  1. haladéktalan
  2. megállás nélkül
  3. egyenesen
  4. félreérthetetlen
  5. tiszta
  6. egyenes
  7. határozott
  8. azonnali
  9. ôszinte
  10. nyílt
  11. rögtöni
  12. kitérés nélkül
  13. közvetlenül
  14. közvetlen

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  1. condurre, guidare
  2. destro

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  direct //d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt// //daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt// //dəˈɹɛkt// 
  直接
  straight, constant, without interruption

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  direct /direkt/
  rectus

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  direct /dairekt/
  1. tiesus
  2. tiesioginis
  3. atviras
  4. aiškus
  5. tikslus
  6. tiesiai, tiesiog, betarpiškai
     See also: directly
  
     See also: straight
  
  7. nukreipti, nurodyti, adresuoti
     See also: guide
  
  8. vadovauti (įmonei ir pan.)
     See also: guide
  
     See also: conduct
  
     See also: lead
  
  9. diriguoti

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  direct //d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt// //daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt// //dəˈɹɛkt// 
  direkt
  straight, constant, without interruption

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  direct //d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt// //daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt// //dəˈɹɛkt// 
  sette i scene
  to be in charge of the direction of a play

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  direct /dɪˈrekt/
  I.   1.  bezpośredni
   2.  [atak]  otwarty
  II.    [pochodzić]  bezpośrednio
  III.   1.  [przesyłać]  kierować (sb - kogoś)  (to sth - do czegoś)  (a remark at sb - uwagę do kogoś)
   2.  [film]  reżyserować
   3.  [form]  [akcją]  zarządzać
   4.  [nakazywać]  przykazywać
  IV.    [potomek]  w prostej linii

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  direct /direkt/
  1. direito, direto, reto
  2. dirigir, encaminhar, gerir, governar, guiar
  3. conduzir

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  direct /direkt/
  1. mandar
  2. guiar
  3. derecho

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  direct //d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt// //daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt// //dəˈɹɛkt// 
  direkt, omedelbar
  straight, constant, without interruption

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  direct //d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt// //daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt// //dəˈɹɛkt// 
  1. rikta
  to aim at
  2. regissera
  to be in charge of the direction of a film
  3. leda, styra
  to manage, control, steer

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/ 
  
  elekeza

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  1. idare etmek, tanzim etmek, emretmek
  2. göstermek, aydınlatmak, irşat etmek, tevcih etmek, yöneltmek, çevirmek, doğrultmak
  3. yolu tarif etmek, salık vermek, tavsiye etmek. directive  idare edici, yol gösterici. directive  emir, direktif, kararname.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  direct /daɪɹˈɛkt/
  1. doğru, müstakim, dosdoğru: dürüst, tok sözlü
  2. açık, sarih
  3. doğrudan doğruya, vasıtasız, araçsız
  4. babadan oğula intikal eden
  5. (astr.) güneş etrafında dünya yönünde dönen
  6. (gram) doğrudan doğruya olan, dolaysız
  7. dosdoğru
  8. hemen, derhal
  9. açıkça. direct action doğrudan doğruya yöneltilmiş hareket. direct current doğru akım. direct discourse (gram) doğrudan doğruya aktarılan konuşma. direct evidence izaha veya tahkike muhtaç olmayan delil. direct hit tam isabet. direct mail advertising posta ile ilan dağıtma. direct object (gram) nesne, düz tümleç. direct tax vasıtasız vergi. the direct opposite tam aksi. directly  doğrudan doğruya
  10. derhal.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  direct /diʁˈɛkt/
  eeun, dichipot, dihanterour, dihanterouriek

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (complément d.) direct /diʁˈɛkt/
  eeun (renadenn e.)

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

   (en d.) direct /diʁˈɛkt/
  eeun (war-e.)

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  direct /diʁˈɛkt/
  eeun

From français-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-bul ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  непосре́дствен

From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-deu ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  direkt, unmittelbar, gerade, aufrecht, gradlinig, recht

From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.4.1 :   [ freedict:fra-eng ]

  direct /diʀɛkt/ 
  direct, straight

From français-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-fin ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  suora

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  diretto, destro

From français-italiano FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-ita ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  diretto
  Boxe

From français-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-jpn ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  直接, 直接的

From français-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:fra-lat ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  rectus

From French-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:fra-nld ]

  direct /dirɛkt/
  direct, live, recht, rechtstreeks

From français-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-por ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  direto, direito, reto

From français-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-rus ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  прямой

From français-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-spa ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  directo, recto, estricto, tieso

From français-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:fra-swe ]

  direct /di.ʁɛkt/ 
  rak, rät

From Nederlands-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-bul ]

  direct //diˈrɛkt// 
  дире́ктно
  1. zonder te wachten, zonder omweg

From Dutch-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:nld-deu ]

  direct /dirɛkt/
  1. aufrecht, direkt, gerad, gradlinig, unmittelbar
  2. gerade, geradeaus, geradeswegs, geradezu

From Nederlands-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-ell ]

  direct //diˈrɛkt// 
  άμεσα
  1. zonder te wachten, zonder omweg

From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-eng ]

  direct /dirɛkt/
  1. direct, straight
  2. directly, straighahead

From Nederlands-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:nld-fra ]

  direct /dirɛkt/
  1. direct, droit
  2. debout, directement, sans détour
  3. immédiat

From Nederlands-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-lat ]

  direct //diˈrɛkt// 
  dominor
  1. zonder te wachten, zonder iets daartussen

From Nederlands-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-lat ]

  direct //diˈrɛkt// 
  rēctā
  1. zonder te wachten, zonder omweg

From Nederlands-português FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-por ]

  direct //diˈrɛkt// 
  directo, directa
  1. zonder te wachten, zonder iets daartussen

From Nederlands-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-spa ]

  direct //diˈrɛkt// 
  directo
  1. zonder te wachten, zonder iets daartussen

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/daɪˈɹɛkt/, /dɝˈɛkt/, /dɪˈɹɛkt/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  DIRECT. Straight forward; not collateral. 
       2. The direct line of descents for example, is formed by a series of 
  degrees  between persons who descend one from another. Civ. Code of Lo. art. 
  886. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  476 Moby Thesaurus words for "direct":
     Attic, Ciceronian, Spartan, address, address to, administer,
     administrate, advise, advocate, aim, aim at, allude to, apply,
     appoint, arrowlike, articulated, artless, ascetic, assign, austere,
     bald, bare, be master, be responsible for, beam, bend, bid, bluff,
     blunt, born yesterday, brief, bring to attention, bring to notice,
     broad, broaden the mind, brusque, buckle down, call attention to,
     call on, call the shots, call the signals, call upon, candid,
     captain, carry on, carry out, carry through, cast, catechize,
     categorical, catenated, ceaseless, chair, charge, chart a course,
     chaste, childlike, cite, civilize, classic, clean-cut, clear,
     clear as crystal, clear as day, clear-cut, close, coach, coherent,
     command, commission, common, commonplace, concatenated, cond,
     conduct, conduct to, confer, confiding, conn, connected,
     consistent, constant, consult with, contiguous, continual,
     continued, continuing, continuous, control, counsel, coxswain,
     crisp, crystal-clear, crystalline, cyclical, dead, dead ahead,
     dead straight, deal with, decide, declare, decree, define, defined,
     definite, delicate, demonstrate, determine, devote, dictate,
     diphyletic, direct attention to, direct to, directionize, directly,
     discipline, dispose, distinct, divert, dominate, downright, drive,
     dry, due, due north, dull, easy, edify, educate, elegant, endless,
     engineer, enjoin, enlighten, escort, even, exact, explicit,
     express, faithful, family, fasten, featureless, fine, finished,
     firsthand, fix, fix on, flat, focus, focus on, forthright, frank,
     frankhearted, free, free-speaking, free-spoken, free-tongued,
     gapless, genealogical, genuine, give, give an order,
     give instruction, give lessons in, give the word, govern, graceful,
     gracile, ground, guide, guileless, handle, have the conn, head,
     head up, heart-to-heart, helm, hold on, homely, homespun, honest,
     horizontal, illumine, immediate, in a beeline, in a line,
     in line with, inartificial, incessant, incline, inerrable,
     inerrant, infallible, inform, ingenu, ingenuous, innocent,
     instruct, interminable, irreversible, issue a command,
     issue a writ, joined, jointless, keep, kibitz, lay, lead, lead on,
     lead to, lean, level, level at, limpid, lineal, linear, linked,
     literally, literatim, loud and clear, lucid, luminous, mail,
     make go, make the rules, manage, mandate, maneuver, manipulate,
     mastermind, mathematical, matter-of-fact, meddle, mention,
     microscopic, monotonous, naive, native, natural, navigate, neat,
     never-ending, next, nice, nonstop, officer, one-way, open,
     open the eyes, openhearted, operate, ordain, order, order about,
     outright, outspoken, pellucid, perennial, perform on, periodic,
     perspicuous, phyletic, phylogenetic, pick out, pilot, pinpoint,
     plain, plain-speaking, plain-spoken, play, point, point at,
     point out, point out to, point the way, point to, point-blank,
     polished, post, practice, precise, prescribe, present,
     preside over, primary, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, propose,
     prosaic, prosing, prosy, proximate, pull the strings, pure,
     put right, quarterback, recommend, rectilineal, rectilinear,
     recurrent, reeducate, refer to, refined, regulate, religious,
     religiously exact, repetitive, require, restrained, right, rigid,
     rigorous, round, round-the-clock, route, rule, ruler-straight, run,
     running, rustic, say the word, school, scientific,
     scientifically exact, seamless, see, see to, send, serried, set,
     set right, set straight, settle, severe, shape a course,
     sharpen the wits, shepherd, shortest, show, show how, show the way,
     sight on, simple, simple-speaking, simplehearted, simpleminded,
     sincere, single-hearted, single-minded, skipper, smooth, sober,
     spare, specify, square, stable, stand over, stark, steady, steer,
     straight, straight across, straight ahead, straight-cut,
     straight-front, straight-out, straight-side, straightaway,
     straightforward, straightforwards, straightly, straightway,
     streamlined, strict, submit, subtle, suggest, superintend,
     superscribe, supervise, tactless, take care of, take command,
     take the lead, tasteful, teach, teach a lesson,
     teach the rudiments, tell, terse, through, throw, to the point,
     touch on, train, train upon, translucent, transparent,
     transpicuous, trim, true, trustful, trusting, turn, turn upon,
     twenty-four-hour, unadorned, unaffected, unambiguous, unartificial,
     unassuming, unbending, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, unceasing,
     unchecked, unconcealed, unconfused, unconstrained, uncurved,
     undeflected, undeviating, undeviatingly, undifferentiated,
     undiplomatic, undisguised, undissembled, undistorted, unending,
     unequivocal, unerring, unfeigning, unguarded, unidirectional,
     uniform, unimaginative, uninhibited, unintermitted, unintermittent,
     unintermitting, uninterrupted, univocal, unlabored, unmistakable,
     unmitigated, unobstructed, unpoetical, unpretending, unpretentious,
     unqualified, unrelieved, unremitting, unreserved, unrestrained,
     unsophisticated, unstopped, unsuspicious, unswerving, unswervingly,
     unturned, unvarnished, unveeringly, unwary, upright, usher,
     vertical, warn, wear the pants, well-defined, wield authority,
     wield the baton, word for word, work
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 直接的,坦白的;
  v. 指示,指挥,命令;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 直接的,径直的;直截了当的,直率的
     ad. 径直地,直接地
     vt. 管理,指导,指挥

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