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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.

Example Sentences

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Because of this, I need to be absolutely direct and clear, as it is the only way I can genuinely help you: I am an AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

“Once he has our industrial cities and fortifications in the region, there are only open fields and direct roads to our regional capitals,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The military is subordinate to its civilian commander in chief, and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, he has no direct command of battlefield forces.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

Rack-level sales to third parties would bring Amazon into direct competition with leading AI chip makers Nvidia and Broadcom.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Kyle stayed on his direct trajectory to Flora and Ulysses, but within seconds, his hover ladder’s infrared collision sensors picked up the approach of Marjory’s platform.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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