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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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Adams has stated he had "no direct or indirect" involvement and has repeatedly denied ever being in the IRA.

From BBC

"What makes Bobby's work remarkable is that it makes a direct connection between an engineered spin system and a fundamental physics model," Hoffmann said.

From Science Daily

The new research provides the first direct evidence of this process occurring in humans.

From Science Daily

Time Out, a publication known for directing people towards trendy restaurants and cocktail bars, is also trying to help the public navigate the war.

From Barron's

The film is directed by Daniel Chong, who created the Cartoon Network animated series “We Bare Bears.”

From Los Angeles Times