All 50 Uses of
direct
in
Angels & Demons
- The director must be in one helluva a hurry to see you.†
Chpt 4 (definition 1)
- The director.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- The director will meet you at this entrance.†
Chpt 6 (definition 1)
- Maximilian Kohler, director general of CERN, was known behind his back as Konig-King.
Chpt 7 (definition 1)director = supervisor (person in charge)standard suffix: The suffix "-or" often converts a verb to a noun that means "a person who." This is the pattern you see in words like actor, editor, and visitor.
- Langdon had only been in Kohler's presence a few moments and already sensed the director was a man who kept his distance.†
Chpt 7 (definition 1)
- As they walked, a Frisbee sailed overhead and skidded to a stop directly in front of them.
Chpt 8 (definition 2)directly = close
- Langdon's eyes met the director's.†
Chpt 8 (definition 1)
- He looked directly into Kohler's dead eyes.
Chpt 9 (definition 2)directly = straight (exactly where stated; used for emphasis)
- Langdon studied CERN's director, still trying to process the bizarre surroundings.
Chpt 13-14 (definition 1)director = supervisor (person in charge)standard suffix: The suffix "-or" often converts a verb to a noun that means "a person who." This is the pattern you see in words like actor, editor, and visitor.
- The director propelled his wheelchair back into the fog-filled living room.†
Chpt 13-14 (definition 1)
- He stared at the director and then turned and looked into the darkened tunnel before him.†
Chpt 15-16 (definition 1)
- She started rattling off a stream of units, and the director's eyes grew wider.†
Chpt 19-20 (definition 1)
- You've lectured on it yourself, director.†
Chpt 19-20 (definition 1)
- Director, science claims the same thing as religion, that the Big Bang created everything in the universe with an opposite.†
Chpt 19-20 (definition 1)
- Director, you are looking at the world's first specimens of antimatter.†
Chpt 19-20 (definition 1)
- Langdon watched, bewildered by the director's sudden panic.†
Chpt 21-22 (definition 1)
- "Director," Vittoria assured, "it's perfectly safe.†
Chpt 21-22 (definition 1)
- So don't look directly at the sample.
Chpt 21-22 (definition 2)directly = straight (focusing exactly where stated)
- Don't look directly at the canister?
Chpt 21-22 (definition 2)
- Director, we can argue about this later.†
Chpt 23-24 (definition 1)
- In other words, you didn't trust the board of directors to place prudent science before financial greed.†
Chpt 23-24 (definition 1)
- Director, I've been patient.†
Chpt 23-24 (definition 1)
- Director, we need help.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 1)
- Vittoria felt compunction challenging a man in such frail health, but the director was so far out of line she didn't even know him anymore.†
Chpt 25-26 (definition 1)
- As director of CERN, I have a responsibility to the future of science.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- The director sounded asthmatic now, as he accelerated after her.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- And the director had nominated an art teacher to help them find a mythical fraternity of Satanists.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- She paced outside the director's empty office.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- Sylvie had decided to ignore the antics as yet another Kohlerian melodrama, but she began to get concerned when Kohler failed to return at the proper time for his daily injections; the director's physical condition required regular treatment, and when he decided to push his luck, the results were never pretty-respiratory shock, coughing fits, and a mad dash by the infirmary personnel.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- At the moment, however, Sylvie's concern for the director's health was taking a back burner …. replaced by a much more pressing dilemma.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- The CERN switchboard had phoned five minutes ago in a frenzy to say they had an urgent call for the director.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- I'll locate the director right away.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- But Sylvie had not been able to find the director.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- Short of searching CERN's entire complex herself, Sylvie knew there was only one other way to get the director's attention.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- He would not be pleased, but the man on the phone was not someone the director should keep waiting.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- Nor did it sound like the caller was in any mood to be told the director was unavailable.†
Chpt 27-28 (definition 1)
- The director had resurfaced, and he was back in range.†
Chpt 29-30 (definition 1)
- Director Kohler.†
Chpt 29-30 (definition 1)
- Director Kohler," he said, wheezing.†
Chpt 29-30 (definition 1)
- I am the director of CERN.†
Chpt 29-30 (definition 1)
- Now he rested in the most sacred of tombs, buried five stories down, directly beneath the central cupola of the basilica.
Chpt 33-34 (definition 2)directly = close, or in a straight line
- She motioned frantically downward toward St. Peter's Square directly beneath them.
Chpt 33-34 (definition 2)
- Directly ahead rose the rear of St. Peter's Basilica, a view, Langdon realized, most people never saw.
Chpt 35-36 (definition 2)
- After parking the cart on the wide lawn directly behind St. Peter's Basilica, the guard escorted Langdon and Vittoria up a stone escarpment to a marble plaza off the back of the basilica.
Chpt 35-36 (definition 2)directly = close
- The Office of the Swiss Guard is housed adjacent to Il Corpo di Vigilanza, directly northeast of St. Peter's Basilica.†
Chpt 35-36 (definition 2)
- I'm the one who called your director.
Chpt 35-36 (definition 1) *director = supervisor (person in charge)standard suffix: The suffix "-or" often converts a verb to a noun that means "a person who." This is the pattern you see in words like actor, editor, and visitor.
- The director of your facility refused to share any details about this object with me over the phone except to say that I needed to find it immediately.†
Chpt 35-36 (definition 1)
- Excuse me for being rude, but if this is indeed a crisis, why am I dealing with you and not your director?
Chpt 35-36 (definition 1)director = supervisor (person in charge)standard suffix: The suffix "-or" often converts a verb to a noun that means "a person who." This is the pattern you see in words like actor, editor, and visitor.
- The head of security must have a direct line to the Pope's office.
Chpt 37-38 (definition 2)direct = straight (without anything in between)
- Then he called Commander Olivetti's direct line.
Chpt 37-38 (definition 2)direct = personal (without anyone in between)
Definitions:
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(1) (direct as in: directed the movie) supervise, control, or to be in charge of
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(2) (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