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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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This means it isn’t easy to make direct comparisons of competing funds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Tech companies with less direct ties to OpenAI performed better on Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

This strong link between strain and electronic order provides direct evidence that subtle lattice distortions play a crucial role in shaping how these patterns form.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Relations between the two were fraught for years, leading to direct clashes in April 2024 on the Mauritanian border.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Nineteenth-century séance attendees had the jaw-dropping experience of watching delicate lady mediums taken over by coarse sailor’s spirits and cursing up a storm direct from Summerland.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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