All 14 Uses of
direct
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Always Running
- Everything is directed toward "normalcy," the folding into the fast-paced, material— and status-oriented capitalist value system.†
Chpt Intr.directed = aimed or focused
- The one time I inadvertently hit a home run during a game at school — I didn'tmean to do it — I ended up crying while running around the bases because I didn't know how else to react to the cheers, the excitement, directed at something I did.†
Chpt 2directed = aimed, or intended for
- Shootings, assaults and skirmishes between the barrios are direct results of police activity.†
Chpt 3 *direct = clear, straightforward, or to the point
- I picked up research and history books and went directly to the index and looked up "Mexican."†
Chpt 6directly = straight (without delay or interruption)
- As director of the center's activities, Chente played administrator, father-figure, counselor and the law.†
Chpt 6 *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.
- There was something about the way Chente and the others made sense; the way they made dead things come alive — how they took what seemed obvious and proved the direct opposite.†
Chpt 6 *direct = exact
- Salazar had been a lone voice in the existing media for the Mexican people in the United States (he was a former Los Angeles Times reporter and KMEX-TV news director).†
Chpt 7standard 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.
- Licha directed me to the back room; I lingered next to a time clock as she rummaged through a drawer to get her check.†
Chpt 9directed = guided or pointed
- A school monitor directed us to a classroom where Mama dropped me off and left to join some parents who gathered in the main hall.†
Chpt 1
- He pulled up a chair and directed my mother's hand.†
Chpt 3
- There were parades, speeches, carnival rides, directed for the most part at the Anglos who commemorated a past they werenever a part of, as if the Mexicans were long dead and mummified, while in the present they'd rather spit on a Mexican than give him the time of day.†
Chpt 4
- I placed my arm around her waist and directed her toward the roof's edge.†
Chpt 4
- No direct threats.†
Chpt 8
- Instead of directing your fury at the real source of the problem.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(direct as in: directly above; or buy direct) without anything in between -- whether in time, space, or involvement
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(direct as in: gave a direct answer) straightforward -- often clear, open, or blunt in speech or behavior
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(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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(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.