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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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By playing long and direct, opposition pressure can be bypassed and the space that opens up high up the pitch can be taken advantage of.

From BBC

Lastly, we visited a Kiawah Island home with direct beach access that also happens to be located on the 14th hole of Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course.

From The Wall Street Journal

The European Commission is directed to complete a review of the law to identify avenues for simplification by next April.

From The Wall Street Journal

Researchers interact with these atoms by directing carefully tuned laser beams at them, effectively giving instructions that allow calculations to take place.

From Science Daily

Scientists at the University of Otago, Faculty of Medicine -- Christchurch Ōtautahi, have identified a direct connection between how much vitamin C people eat and how well their skin produces collagen and renews itself.

From Science Daily