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M. Bouc was a Belgian, a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits, and his acquaintance with the former star of the Belgian police force dated back many years.
Chpt 1.2

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.
He spoke to Poirot's porter, directing him where to go.
Chpt 1.2

directing = instructing
However, even the most munificent of tips lose their effect when a Director of the Company is on board and issues his orders.
Chpt 1.2 *

director = a member of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institution

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.
But that is because he is a director of the line, not because he has a strong character.
Chpt 1.5

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.
He had directed me to make up the bed while he was at dinner, and I did so.
Chpt 2.1

directed = instructed
He could visualize the scene-the large, voluble Italian, and the snub direct administered by the gentleman's gentleman.
Chpt 2.3

direct = clear
Poirot, Madame; and this is M. Bouc, a director of the company, and Dr. Constantine.
Chpt 2.4

director = a member of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institution

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.
I directed the conductor to make up my bed whilst I was in the dining-car.
Chpt 2.6

directed = instructed
This is M. Bouc, a director of the Compagnie des Wagons Lits.
Chpt 2.9

director = a member of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institution

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.
Therefore this story, the story of a small dark man with a womanish voice dressed in Wagon Lit uniform, rests on the testimony, direct or indirect, of four witnesses.
Chpt 2.13

indirect = with the involvement of other people (repeated rather than heard first hand)

standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indirect means not and reverses the meaning of direct. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
He looked at her with a very direct glance.
Chpt 2.15

direct = focused (where stated)
And you do not like the waste of time. No, you like to come straight to the point. You like the direct method.
Chpt 2.15 *

direct = straightforward (specific and to the point)
Eh bien, I will give it to you, the direct method.
Chpt 2.15
There must be on the train someone so intimately connected with the Armstrong family that the finding of that note would immediately direct suspicion upon that person.
Chpt 3.3

direct = focus
Taken at its simplest it is a clue which directly incriminates someone whose initial is H, and it was dropped there unwittingly by that person.
Chpt 3.3 *

directly = completely
An indirect victim, you might say.
Chpt 3.4

indirect = not straightforward (incidental or unintended)

standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indirect means not and reverses the meaning of direct. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
Princess Dragomiroff was looking at Poirot with a very direct glance.
Chpt 3.9

direct = focused (where stated)
Now-though her statement would have been perfectly true if she had been occupying compartment No. 2, 4, 12 or any even number, in which the bolt is directly under the handle of the door-in the uneven numbers such as compartment No. 3 the bolt is well above the handle and could not therefore be masked by the sponge-bag in the least.
Chpt 3.9

directly = close
It had been reserved long beforehand for a director of the company.
Chpt 3.9

director = a member of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institution

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.
"You are a director of the company, M. Bouc," he said.
Chpt 3.9
Therefore this story, the story of a small dark man with a womanish voice dressed in Wagon Lit uniform, rests on the testimony, direct or indirect, of four witnesses.†
Chpt 2.13

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(1) (direct as in: directly above; or buy direct)
without anything in between -- whether in time, space, or involvement
(2) (direct as in: gave a direct answer)
straightforward -- often clear, open, or blunt in speech or behavior
(3) (direct as in: direct a question; or direct a film)
to guide, aim, or manage -- such as actions, attention, speech, a project or company
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Direct can take on many specialized meanings not included in this dictionary.
As an adjective or adverb, direct usually means there is a clear or straight connection with nothing in the way. It can also mean easy to understand, without confusion. For example:
- Direct action – taking quick and clear steps to make something happen
- Direct descendant – someone who comes straight from an ancestor, like a grandchild
- Direct line (in genealogy) – a family connection that goes straight from one generation to the next
- Direct deposit – money that is sent straight into a bank account
- Direct object – in a sentence, the person or thing that receives the action of the verb
- Direct kick – in sports, a kick where the ball can go straight into the goal without touching another player
- Direct cost – a cost that comes straight from making a product or providing a service
- Direct investment – putting money directly into a company or project
- Direct elections – when people vote for leaders without going through an extra step
- Direct current (DC) – a type of electric flow that moves in only one direction
As a verb, most all of the senses of direct involve giving orders or aiming.

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