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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 clearinghouse, NIL Go, was created with the hope of eliminating an influx of booster-funded NIL deals that were basically direct payments from donors to the program.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Public transport is also an option, with railway stations nearby at East Midlands Parkway, Derby, Nottingham and Loughborough and official shuttle buses direct to the festival.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“SPCX and other companies raising capital in public markets allows public investors to have direct exposure to some of the most important companies in the world,” Lee said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

UniCredit received valid acceptances for its offer for Commerzbank of 10.9% as of Tuesday, which add to its existing direct stake of 26.8%, according to a regulatory filing published by the Italian bank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Even though it happened so many years ago and so far away, our school has a direct connection to the Holocaust!

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman




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