All 21 Uses of
direct
in
Murder On The Orient Express
- 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 (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.
- He spoke to Poirot's porter, directing him where to go.
Chpt 1.2 (definition 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 (definition 1)director = a member of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institutionstandard 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 (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.
- He had directed me to make up the bed while he was at dinner, and I did so.
Chpt 2.1 (definition 2)directed = instructed
- He could visualize the scene-the large, voluble Italian, and the snub direct administered by the gentleman's gentleman.
Chpt 2.3 (definition 3)direct = clear
- Poirot, Madame; and this is M. Bouc, a director of the company, and Dr. Constantine.
Chpt 2.4 (definition 1)director = a member of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institutionstandard 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 (definition 2)directed = instructed
- This is M. Bouc, a director of the Compagnie des Wagons Lits.
Chpt 2.9 (definition 1)director = a member of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institutionstandard 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 (definition 2)
- 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 (definition 4)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 (definition 4) *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 (definition 3)direct = straightforward (specific and to the point)
- Eh bien, I will give it to you, the direct method.
Chpt 2.15 (definition 3)
- 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 (definition 5) *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 (definition 4)directly = completely
- An indirect victim, you might say.
Chpt 3.4 (definition 3) *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 (definition 4)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 (definition 4)directly = close
- It had been reserved long beforehand for a director of the company.
Chpt 3.9 (definition 1)director = a member of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institutionstandard 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 (definition 1) *
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: directed the jury to...) give instructions or commands
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(3) (direct as in: was direct in my instructions) straightforward (uncomplicated or simple -- perhaps also indicating openness and honesty, or little concern for others' feelings)
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(4) (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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(5) (direct as in: directed her question to) to indicate direction; or to cause movement or focus in a direction or towards an objectThe exact meaning of this sense of direct is subject to its context. For example:
- "intentionally directed fire at unarmed civilians" -- aimed a gun
- "directed the question to her" -- aimed a question
- "directed her north" -- pointed in a particular direction
- "directed attention to the 3rd paragraph" -- focused attention on a particular object
- "The sound of her voice directed him to the kitchen." -- guided or gave directions to someone to help them move to a particular place
- "She directed him to the airport." -- gave directions to send someone to a particular place
- "She directed the boat north." -- steered it
- "directed the letter to" -- send a letter to a particular person by putting a name and address on it