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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 rather talented director named Tom Robertson wrote and directed these incredible “Young People’s Specials.”

From Los Angeles Times

I was curious after I directed my first film, how I would be walking onto another director’s set.

From Los Angeles Times

Late Wednesday, the sheriff’s office directed inquiries to the state attorney general’s office, after declining to respond to questions over the last week.

From Los Angeles Times

She warned there were "people dying as a direct consequence" of the situation and called for immediate action to address the pressure.

From BBC

Deputy Rob Ward said the benefit of the system was that it was "direct to parents" which gave "flexibility".

From BBC