Directed Meaning and Definition

Word: Directed

How to pronounce: dɪˈrekt

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Example sentences: "There was no direct flight that day"

2. Without intervening factors or intermediaries.

Example sentences: "The complications are a direct result of bacteria spreading"

3. (of a person or their behaviour) going straight to the point; frank.

Example sentences: "He is very direct and honest"

4. Perpendicular to a surface; not oblique.

Adverb

Definitions:

1. With no one or nothing in between.

Example sentences: "They seem reluctant to deal with me direct"

Verb

Definitions:

1. Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Example sentences: "An economic elite directed the nation's affairs"

2. Aim (something) in a particular direction or at a particular person.

Example sentences: "Heating ducts to direct warm air to rear-seat passengers"

3. Give (someone) an official order or authoritative instruction.

Example sentences: "The judge directed him to perform community service"

Synonyms:

straight

straightaway

direct line

right

order

plumb

bid

lineal

linear

guide

straight forward

route

head

charge

primary

due

send

steer

bend

tend

manage

oversee

supervise

superintend

at once

firsthand

immediate

straightforward

honest

administer

govern

regulate

handle

plain

preside

orchestrate

conduct

open

candid

forthright

outspoken

funnel

target

aim

address

channelize

lead

run

operate

channelise

straightway

control

marshal

steward

point

place

enjoin

ordain

show

tell

dictate

instruct

train

mandate

hold

mastermind

Antonyms:

oblique

misdirect

Derivations:

directing

direct

directive

Director

direction

directly

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Directed in Other Languages...

Spanish: Directo

German: Gerichtete

French: Direct

Italian: Orientato

Turkish: Yönelik