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direct

[dih-rekt, dahy-] / dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ- /










Usage

What are other ways to say direct? To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. To conduct is to precede or escort them to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To lead is to bring them onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray.

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The Canadian High Commissioner to the UK told Politico Gordon Brown, who is advising the prime minister on global finance, has held direct talks with Carney about the DSRB.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

"It is something extremely direct, narrative and engaging," he said of Giotto's work.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Known as nonreciprocal components, they are widely used in microwave and optical systems to direct signals and reduce unwanted reflections.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Another principle: Parking will be constructed at key points with direct access to outside streets leaving the interior space free of cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

The gap leaves a direct path to Nyla’s line of sight.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera




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