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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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That’s one reason it has drawn foreign direct investment: Greenfield, or new, investment doubled between 2022 and 2025 versus 2015 to 2019, much of that into semiconductor-oriented investment.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

Structuring the new business as a sole-proprietorship or LLC provides the most direct path to take advantage of all of the tax breaks of hiring your kid, Trull said.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Daiwa sees Shenzhen Sunway Communication as a direct beneficiary, given its position as supplier for Starlink ground terminals.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

However, Becerra did receive a direct $39,200 contribution from the oil company to his campaign committee in June 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Then one day, he disobeyed a direct order to wear his uniform.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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