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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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Last year’s “A Complete Unknown,” directed by James Mangold, tracked Bob Dylan in his West Village stomping grounds in the early 1960s.

From The Wall Street Journal

They may have a leader, but it’s often acknowledged that they are merely a figurehead, not someone giving direct orders.

From Salon

It fixes the maximum amount customers can be charged for each unit of gas and electricity on a standard - or default - variable tariff for a typical dual-fuel household which pays by direct debit.

From BBC

To understand those consequences, we asked pairs of interviewees—employees and their direct supervisors—about their use of generative AI tools, ranging from content creation and legal research to data analysis.

From Barron's

“Chinese operations in the High North are as direct a challenge to Russia as to any other power,” Stires said.

From The Wall Street Journal