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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.

Example Sentences

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“Pedestrians could be directed through Chinatown,” the study read, “where numerous restaurants, shops and pedestrian amenities are provided.”

From Los Angeles Times

"The decay is not just an electronic process -- it is steered by nuclear motion in a very direct and intuitive way."

From Science Daily

While mum’s the word on plot specifics, the script for the reboot is by Hannah Marks, who penned and directed “Mark, Mary, & Some Other People,” with revisions by Flora Greeson, who wrote “The High Note.”

From Los Angeles Times

In announcing a new data center CPU chip on Tuesday, it is putting itself into direct competition with its customers, notably Nvidia, Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft.

From Barron's

My travel companion, who planned the entire seaside getaway, directed us to the wrong train at London’s King’s Cross station.

From The Wall Street Journal