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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 has struck hard at the group’s strongholds in Beirut’s southern suburbs, saying it has sent militants scrambling for new spots to hunker down and direct the fighting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But far from strengthening Iran's position across the region, Khatib argues that this week's direct talks in Washington between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors have started the process of removing Lebanon from Iran's hands.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

This allows the executives at DoorDash to extract often-excruciating hours of work from people like Simmons, without having to pay benefits or salaries that direct employees would receive.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Altman, who holds no direct equity in the company, has unloaded many of his managerial responsibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Clare continued in slow, careful terms: “You will live here. You will direct the souls of Deadwood to their eternal fate. The job I have been doing… is your calling now.”

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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