v.

1. command with authority
   
   • He directed the children to do their homework
2. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
   target, aim, place, point
   
   • He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
   • criticism directed at her superior
   • direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
3. guide the actors in (plays and films)
4. be in charge of
5. take somebody somewhere;
   lead, take, conduct, guide
   
   • We lead him to our chief
   • can you take me to the main entrance?
   • He conducted us to the palace
6. cause to go somewhere;
   send
   
   • The explosion sent the car flying in the air
   • She sent her children to camp
   • He directed all his energies into his dissertation
7. aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;
   aim, take, train, take aim
   
   • Please don't aim at your little brother!
   • He trained his gun on the burglar
   • Don't train your camera on the women
   • Take a swipe at one's opponent
8. lead, as in the performance of a composition;
   conduct, lead
   
   • conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
9. give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
   
   • I directed them towards the town hall
10. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public;
    calculate, aim
11. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling;
    steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
12. put an address on (an envelope);
    address
13. plan and direct  (a complex undertaking);
    mastermind, engineer, organize, organise, orchestrate
    
    • he masterminded the robbery

adj.

1. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
   
   • a direct route
   • a direct flight
   • a direct hit
2. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions;
   unmediated
   
   • in direct sunlight
   • in direct contact with the voters
   • direct exposure to the disease
   • a direct link
   • the direct cause of the accident
   • direct vote
3. extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action
   
   • a direct question
   • a direct response
   • a direct approach
4. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;
   lineal
   
   • lineal ancestors
   • lineal heirs
   • a direct descendant of the king
   • direct heredity
5. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
6. similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
   
   • a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
7. (of a current) flowing in one direction only
   
   • direct current
8. being an immediate result or consequence
   
   • a direct result of the accident
9. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;
   verbatim
   
   • a direct quotation
   • repeated their dialog verbatim
10. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
    
    • the direct opposite

adv.

1. without deviation;
   directly, straight
   
   • the path leads directly to the lake
   • went direct to the office