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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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Menon added that it would be "laughable" if any Palestine Action activist actually believed direct action would achieve the group's stated aim to "shut Elbit down".

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

"It is something extremely direct, narrative and engaging," he said of Giotto's work.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Known as nonreciprocal components, they are widely used in microwave and optical systems to direct signals and reduce unwanted reflections.

From Science Daily • Jun. 12, 2026

Another principle: Parking will be constructed at key points with direct access to outside streets leaving the interior space free of cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Folks were parking on the grass, and Tidings was beside himself, running to their car windows, flailing his arms and trying to direct them to the back lot.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles




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