All 33 Uses of

direct

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Wasn't it their managing director who was fired after he let some of his boys speculate away half a billion in quick stock turnovers?
Chpt 1.1

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.

When the bubble burst in the nineties and one managing director after another was forced to cash in his golden parachute, Wennerström's company came out of it in remarkably good shape.
Chpt 1.1

He looked a little like the stereotypical local boss in an American gangster movie, but in fact he was a talented financial director who had begun his career as a junior accountant at Milton Security in the early seventies.
Chpt 1.2

He asked Milton's technical director to give her a basic course in IT science.
Chpt 1.2

He resorted to directing the question to Armansky, as if she had not been in the room.
Chpt 1.2

directing = aiming

"Were you planning to serve coffee?" This last was directed at Armansky, who hastily pumped three cups of coffee from the thermos he had ordered for the meeting.
Chpt 1.2 *

directed = aimed (intended for)

Christer Malm was the art director and designer of Millennium.
Chpt 1.3

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.

For all that, after years of study, he was privately convinced that there was not a single bank director or celebrity corporate executive who wasn't also a cretin.
Chpt 1.3

A bank director who blows millions on foolhardy speculations should not keep his job.
Chpt 1.3

A managing director who plays shell company games should do time.
Chpt 1.3

He's unsuited to be the managing director of a company in crisis.
Chpt 1.4

But I do think that the story should be written, if only in a single copy that you deliver directly to the Royal Library.
Chpt 1.4

directly = straight (exactly where stated; used for emphasis)

Then Martin joined the board of directors, and he had to take on more and more of my work.
Chpt 1.6

board of directors = members of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institution

It's directed at me, precisely as if the murderer wants to torture me.
Chpt 1.6

directed = aimed (intended for)

I'm a partner and you've always been fair with me and I love the magazine and all that, but you could easily replace me with some other art director.
Chpt 1.7

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.

Blomkvist directed him to Henrik Vanger's newly shovelled courtyard, where he lifted his suitcases on to the cobblestones and watched the taxi head back towards Hedestad.
Chpt 2.8 *

directed = instructed

She is a teacher, and in many ways she's the direct opposite of her father.
Chpt 2.8

direct = exact

I'm still on the board of directors of quite a large corporation, albeit in a passive role.
Chpt 2.8

board of directors = members of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institution

He could have tried calling her direct line at the office or her home number, but he had already left enough messages.
Chpt 2.8

direct = personal (without anyone in between)

On the other hand, the social welfare director's recommendation of guardianship was taken under consideration.
Chpt 2.9 *

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.

His argument was based on the fact that Harriet had disappeared during the confusion in the hours when the island was cut off and all eyes were directed at the accident.
Chpt 2.9

directed = pointed

It was no doubt well-intentioned, but it led to a situation in which instead of being able to bring in skilled people and possible partners from the outside, we had a board of directors consisting only of family members.
Chpt 2.9

board of directors = members of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institution

"May I ask you a personal question?" This was directed at Erika.
Chpt 2.11

directed = aimed (intended for)

She had never been particularly talkative, and she became known as the pupil who never raised her hand and often did not answer when a teacher asked her a direct question.
Chpt 2.12

direct = asked specifically of that person

Maybe you remember that I put the rucksack here on the table before you started to grope me. I made sure that the lens was directed straight at the bed.
Chpt 2.14

directed = pointed

The news that veteran industrialist Henrik Vanger will be part owner and will have a seat on the board of directors of Millennium comes the same day that the former CEO and publisher Mikael Blomkvist begins serving his three-month sentence for the libel of businessman Hans-Erik Wennerström.
Chpt 2.14

board of directors = members of a board that oversees the affairs of a corporation or other institution

A few months later Henrik Vanger, also from Hedestad, joins Blomkvist's magazine's board of directors and claims that there is a conspiracy to crush the magazine.
Chpt 2.14

Have you heard directly from Wennerström?
Chpt 3.15

directly = personally (without anyone in between)

For a time suspicion was directed at a neighbour in the village, a bachelor who in his youth was suspected of an allegedly homosexual crime—this was back when homosexuality was still a punishable offence—and according to several statements, he had a reputation for being "odd."
Chpt 3.19

directed = pointed

The pastor lost her train of thought twice when she turned directly to her.
Chpt 4.27

directly = exactly where stated (used for emphasis)

He's arranging an interview and is going public with a direct assault on Wennerström.
Chpt 4.27

direct = personal (specifically regarding the person stated)

That will annoy Wennerström when it comes out, but it won't damage him any more than a direct hit from a peashooter.
Chpt 4.27 *

direct = exact

During the following weeks, as Millennium's documentation was scrutinised, pulled apart, and pieced together again, the Wennerström empire of obscure companies was linked to the heart of the international Mafia, including everything from illegal arms dealing and money laundering for South American drug cartels to prostitution in New York, and even indirectly to the child sex trade in Mexico.
Chpt Epil. *

indirectly = in a complicated, non-obvious manner

standard prefix: The prefix "in-" in indirectly means not and reverses the meaning of directly. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.

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Definitions:

(1) (direct as in: depart directly)
without delay, or in the quickest manner, or without going somewhere else first

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.
(2) (direct as in: directly above; or buy direct from)
straight (exactly where stated); or without involvement of anything in between
The 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
(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)
(4) (direct as in: directed her question to)
to indicate direction; or to cause movement or focus in a direction or towards an object
The 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
(5) (direct as in: directed the jury to...)
give instructions or commands
(6) (direct as in: directed the movie)
supervise, control, or to be in charge of
(7) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Direct can take on many specialized meanings not included in this dictionary.
As an adjective or adverb, most all senses of direct involve an uninterrupted connection and/or clarity (clear, unambiguous communication) as in:
- direct action
- direct descendant
- direct line (with regard to genealogy)
- direct deposit
- direct object
- direct kick
- direct cost
- direct investment
- direct elections
- direct current
As a verb, most all of the senses of direct involve giving orders or aiming.

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