All 13 Uses of
direct
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- They must direct their flocks.†
Chpt 1 *
- It is a fire which proceeds directly from the ire of God, working not of its own activity but as an instrument of Divine vengeance.†
Chpt 3 (definition 1) *
- She shifted the can to her other hand and directed him; and, as she held out her reeking withered right hand under its fringe of shawl, he bent lower towards her, saddened and soothed by her voice.†
Chpt 3
- The director stood in the embrasure of the window, his back to the light, leaning an elbow on the brown crossblind, and, as he spoke and smiled, slowly dangling and looping the cord of the other blind, Stephen stood before him, following for a moment with his eyes the waning of the long summer daylight above the roofs or the slow deft movements of the priestly fingers.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)
- Ever since the message of summons had come for him from the director his mind had struggled to find the meaning of the message; and, during the long restless time he had sat in the college parlour waiting for the director to come in, his eyes had wandered from one sober picture to another around the walls and his mind wandered from one guess to another until the meaning of the summons had almost become clear.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)
- Ever since the message of summons had come for him from the director his mind had struggled to find the meaning of the message; and, during the long restless time he had sat in the college parlour waiting for the director to come in, his eyes had wandered from one sober picture to another around the walls and his mind wandered from one guess to another until the meaning of the summons had almost become clear.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)
- Then, just as he was wishing that some unforeseen cause might prevent the director from coming, he had heard the handle of the door turning and the swish of a soutane.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)
- The director had begun to speak of the dominican and franciscan orders and of the friendship between saint Thomas and saint Bonaventure.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)
- —I believe, continued the director, that there is some talk now among the capuchins themselves of doing away with it and following the example of the other franciscans.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)
- —O certainly, said the director.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2) *
- —I will offer up my mass tomorrow morning, said the director, that Almighty God may reveal to you His holy will.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)
- The voice of the director urging upon him the proud claims of the church and the mystery and power of the priestly office repeated itself idly in his memory.†
Chpt 4 (definition 2)
- One is this hypothesis: that every physical quality admired by men in women is in direct connexion with the manifold functions of women for the propagation of the species.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1) (direct as in: directly above; or buy direct from) straight (exactly where stated); or without involvement of anything in betweenThe exact meaning of this sense of direct is subject to its context. For example:
- "The road runs directly to Las Vegas." -- straight (without varying from a straight line)
- "It was a direct hit." -- exact
- "The plant is in direct sunlight." -- unobstructed (without anything in between)
- "She wants a direct meeting with him." -- personal (without other people in between)
- "She paid direct attention to what he was reading." -- close
- "a direct gaze" -- straight, steady, or focused--not a brief glance taken while generally looking at other things; not a sideways look
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(2) (direct as in: directed the movie) supervise, control, or to be in charge of
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(direct as in: directed the jury to...) give instructions or commands