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direct

[dih-rekt, dahy-] / dɪˈrɛkt, daɪ- /










Usage

What are other ways to say direct? To direct is to give information for guidance, or instructions or orders for a course of procedure: to direct someone to the station. To conduct is to precede or escort them to a place, sometimes with a degree of ceremony: to conduct a guest to his room. Guide implies continuous presence or agency in showing or indicating a course: to guide a traveler. To lead is to bring them onward in a course, guiding by contact or by going in advance; hence, figuratively, to influence or induce to some course of conduct: to lead a procession; to lead astray.

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Direct Action first appeared online in autumn 2024, after the riots that followed the Southport murders, and its propaganda exploited images from the disorder.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

But, just as Direct Action would later pay people who were not really on the far-right, Takbir Foundation offered money to non-Muslims to spray Islamic graffiti.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

Direct bus service from the Westside to SoFi Stadium is centralized around the downtown Santa Monica World Cup service station.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

And asset managers are racing to replicate that success with 155 digital-asset ETFs in the pipeline, according to Morningstar Direct data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Direct remote operation from Houston isn't an option; they're anywhere from four to twenty light-minutes away.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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