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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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Instead, her agent would tell her she was going to Palm Beach for a "direct booking", Anya says.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

Even Amazon can recognize the importance of a piece of direct mail that makes holiday shopping less likely to cause choice paralysis.

From Salon Jul. 18, 2026

He wouldn’t give a direct answer to numerous Democrats who asked the question.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2026

OpenAI is also working on its own hardware, to create a direct relationship with consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In effect, he used the inherent ambiguity of the offensive statement to evade any direct response to Burr.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

The nanoparticles carried messenger RNA that directs cells to produce PTEN, a protein that helps prevent uncontrolled tumor growth.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

The contract directs Capitol Hill-headquartered Ervin Graves Strategy Group to engage with the US Congress and government, and facilitate meetings including with Pentagon and National Security Council officials.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

Whether she directs that talent toward good or evil varies from episode to episode, but she embodies the scrappy, anarchic spirit of old-time New York.

From Salon Jul. 1, 2026

Blumenfield’s initiative directs the Bureau of Sanitation to develop a plan for expanding local composting across the city.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

Then, with kindness, Gomez directs Enrique to Carlos Carrasco, the mayor of Las Anonas.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

That welcome, though, has now been withdrawn, and there have been some hostile social media campaigns in Indonesia directed against the Rohingyas.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Now, policies are seemingly directed at obscuring conditions in the for-profit facility operated by The GEO Group.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

Mr. Netanyahu has directed Israel’s diplomacy for 16 of the past 17 years, resulting in many formal and informal alignments with nations that had long been among Israel’s sworn enemies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Increased uptake activated molecular signals that directed proteins inside the neurons to cut apart sections of the skeleton.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Was that unusual curtness directed at her, or was it something else?

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

BBC Newsbeat has approached the company for more information, but received a reply from the company's liquidators, directing us to their case documents published online, external.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

In addition, it may improve MRI guided cancer treatments by directing RF energy more precisely for procedures such as tumor hyperthermia or thermal tissue ablation.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

If the calls continue, consider sending a written request directing the collector to communicate only with you.

From MarketWatch Jul. 9, 2026

Dugan was convicted in December of directing a man wanted by immigration authorities to leave her courtroom through a secured back hallway.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Mr. Thompson asked, directing the question to Headmaster Clarkson.

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan




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