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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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For anyone outside of the region, all of Metro’s rail lines connect through Union Station, which has a 40-minute direct bus to SoFi Stadium.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Experimental validation and whole-body analyses in worms helped reveal a direct link between gradual molecular alterations and broader aging processes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Although there are no direct references, such Surrealist and Expressionist tropes as Salvador Dalí’s melting watches and Edvard Munch’s screaming bridge-walker seem to lurk in Ms. Butterly’s aesthetic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The Delta direct flight to Boston was special for one family, who managed to secure match tickets mid-flight.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

When I asked him to direct me toward Seventeenth Street, he shoved a Public Ledger at me and pointed west with a gruff bark.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan




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