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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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“I was a very direct person before my illness,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Many of her attempts to attack Israel were directed at me.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its diplomatic missions abroad have been directed to strengthen consular support and issue advisories to citizens.

From BBC

Growth in the Southeast Asian nation is anaemic, with the tourism sector vital but arrivals yet to return to their pre-Covid highs, and fast-growing Vietnam is now attracting more foreign direct investment.

From Barron's

"This is the first direct molecular explanation for how catastrophic chromosome fragmentation begins."

From Science Daily