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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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“Initially, he maintained a greater distance, which is why direct contact was not made at the time,” the document reads.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The company is focusing on managing direct costs and shortening the time it takes to build, CEO Robert McGibney said on a call with investors.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

It spreads through direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person, including sweat, saliva, blood, semen, excrement, urine and vomit.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Well, you certainly know how to ask a direct question.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

“We are looking for Number Twelve Muffinshire Lane, and we are quite lost. No one has been able to direct us. Do you have any idea where it might be?”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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