All 29 Uses of
direct
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White: The Great Pursuit
- Kara parked her car and ran down the same steps she'd descended over a week earlier with CIA Director Phil Grant.†
Chpt 1standard 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 route was almost impossible to see without standing directly in front of it.†
Chpt 5directly = close
- The sun was directly above-she'd been unconscious all night and half the day?†
Chpt 6directly = close, or in a straight line
- On the back, scrawled in pencil, a direct line to the White House.†
Chpt 7 *direct = without anything in between
- Qurong glanced at Woref, who was staring at her directly.†
Chpt 10directly = straight (focusing exactly where stated)
- Phil Grant, director of the CIA, listened intently, slowly massaging the loose skin on his forehead.†
Chpt 14 *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.
- Mike, I'd like you to meet Phil Grant, director of the CIA, Dwight Olsen said.†
Chpt 20
- She had not been surprised to realize that her anger was directed at the disease, not the Horde.†
Chpt 21directed = aimed, or intended for
- She lowered her head and walked directly toward the wide path that led to the library.†
Chpt 21directly = straight (without going anywhere else first)
- Johan nodded at a group of warriors stretching by what looked like a barracks directly ahead.†
Chpt 22directly = close, or in a straight line
- "I just heard that you allowed my teacher to escape!" she snapped, looking directly at Wore.†
Chpt 23directly = straight (exactly where stated; used for emphasis)
- The CIA director had proven invaluable and earned his life.†
Chpt 24standard 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.
- Elyon's anger is directed toward anything that hinders his love.†
Chpt 26directed = aimed or focused
- THOMAS APPROACHED the city from the east, around the royal garden, down the less-traveled road that ran directly to the castle.†
Chpt 27directly = straight (without going anywhere else first)
- The words he was about to speak on the air would do nothing less than open the floodgates of rage, directed at the world's best-known symbol of power: the White House.†
Chpt 29directed = aimed, or intended for
- Like the director of the CIA had said, like it or not, he was one of the most powerful people in the country at the moment.†
Chpt 29standard 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.
- By his hesitancy, the director of the CIA wasn't sure about Blair's evenhanded response to the riots.†
Chpt 29
- The director left.†
Chpt 29
- Gruff shouting directed the attack overhead.†
Chpt 5
- He saw them then, five horses raising dust beyond the smoke, speeding directly for his trap.†
Chpt 5
- He faced Monique directly.†
Chpt 14
- He took Mike's arm and directed him away from the security lines.†
Chpt 20
- Chelise is as ...direct as you.†
Chpt 21
- She took a deep breath, stood as tall as she gracefully could, lifted her chin as a princess might, and strode directly for the two guards.†
Chpt 21
- Thomas and Johan rode with two extra horses each, a fast trot, directly for the lake now just half a mile ahead of them.†
Chpt 22 *
- Thomas avoided a direct response.†
Chpt 28
- The Israelis have already directed their fleet as demanded by the French.†
Chpt 29
- Justin, on the other hand, drove his horse straight on, right over the berm that encircled the small valley, directly toward Chelise.†
Chpt 45
- Justin bounded for his horse, leaped into his saddle, grabbed the reins, and galloped up the slope, directly toward Thomas.†
Chpt 45
Definitions:
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(1)
(direct as in: directly above; or buy direct) without anything in between -- whether in time, space, or involvement
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(2)
(direct as in: gave a direct answer) straightforward -- often clear, open, or blunt in speech or behavior
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(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
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) 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.