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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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“It allows a connection between the consumer and the brand on a direct level in a way a movie can’t provide.”

From Los Angeles Times

If reducing headcount is a worthy capitalist goal, Man-soo might simply be proving his worth as a manager in a more direct way.

From The Wall Street Journal

Leo stuck to a very religious homily without any direct reference to current affairs.

From Barron's

Its return is particularly welcome because Mr. Finn died in the spring, and this thoroughly delightful production, directed and choreographed by Danny Mefford, serves as a polished and affectionate tribute to his gifts.

From The Wall Street Journal

The father of six also directed several socially conscious documentaries about the situation of Palestinian citizens of Israel.

From Barron's