All 10 Uses of
direct
in
Babbitt
- He suddenly seemed capable, an official, a man to contrive, to direct, to get things done.†
Chpt 1 *
- Think of being the chief figure and directing factor in solving strange mysteries and baffling crimes.†
Chpt 6
- It was built of cheery iron-spot brick in an improved Gothic style, and the main auditorium had indirect lighting from electric globes in lavish alabaster bowls.†
Chpt 16 *
- There was an impressive musical program, conducted by Sheldon Smeeth, educational director of the Y.M.C.A., who also sang the offertory.†
Chpt 16
- He heard Sheldon Smeeth, educational director of the Y.M.C.A. and leader of the church-choir, a pale but strenuous young man with curly hair and a smile, teaching a class of sixteen-year-old boys.†
Chpt 16
- But now Orville Jones shouted across the Athletic dining-room, "Here's the new director of the First State Bank!"†
Chpt 17 *
- …symptoms of the Age of Pep-monthlies and weeklies gorgeously illustrated with portraits of young women who had recently been manicure girls, not very skilful manicure girls, and who, unless their every grimace had been arranged by a director, could not have acted in the Easter cantata of the Central Methodist Church; magazines reporting, quite seriously, in "interviews" plastered with pictures of riding-breeches and California bungalows, the views on sculpture and international…†
Chpt 18
- Eathorne looked at him deliberately, hesitated, and gave him a nod more contemptuous than a direct cut.†
Chpt 32
- Thus stimulated, Babbitt was reckless when he encountered Sheldon Smeeth, educational director of the Y.M.C.A. and choir-leader of the Chatham Road Church.†
Chpt 32
- All of the newspapers save the Advocate-Times and the Evening Advocate attributed this valuable but perhaps hasty direct-action to the American Legion.†
Chpt 34
Definitions:
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(direct as in: directed the movie) supervise, control, or to be in charge of
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(direct as in: depart directly) without delay, or in the quickest manner, or without going somewhere else firsteditor's notes: You may see the term direct flight used in a technical manner that is not as quick as a non-stop flight. In technical usage, a direct flight from Los Angeles to New York could stop at a city on the way, but you would not get off the plane during the stop.
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(direct as in: directed the jury to...) give instructions or commands