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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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Other advice included moving rabbit and guinea pig pens to shaded areas and ensure indoor enclosures for pets like hamsters were not in direct sunlight.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

Since the publication of De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Andreas Vesalius in 1543 – the first comprehensive anatomy book based on direct observation of human dissection – anatomy has carried an air of authority.

From Science Daily • Jun. 21, 2026

For many family caregivers, the payment they receive is their main source of income, says Kezia Scales, vice president of policy, research & evaluation at PHI, a nonprofit focused on the direct care workforce.

From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026

Memory centers like the one I direct are few and far between.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

I direct my eyes away from her, stare at the network of spider cracks that creep along her ceiling.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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