Vi fant 34 definisjoner av direct på engelsk.
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| direct - be in charge of | ||
| care, handle, manage, deal feel concern or interest; "I really care about my work"; "I don't care" | ||
| throw, have, hold, give, make throw (a die) out onto a flat surface; "Throw a six" | ||
| steer, guide direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | ||
| head, lead remove the head of; "head the fish" | ||
| operate, run happen; "What is going on in the minds of the people?" | ||
| administer give or apply (medications) | ||
| direct - guide the actors in (plays and films) | ||
| create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses" | ||
| performing arts arts or skills that require public performance | ||
| stage direct direct for the stage | ||
| direct - command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework" | ||
| enjoin, tell, order, say issue an injunction | ||
| stet printing: direct that a matter marked for omission or correction is to be retained (used in the imperative) | ||
| direct - give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall" | ||
| instruct, apprise, apprize give instructions or directions for some task; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation" | ||
| talk down direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio; "the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill" | ||
| point the way indicate the right path or direction; "The sign pointed the way to London" | ||
| direct - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | ||
| steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise | ||
| command, control make someone do something | ||
| dock maneuver into a dock; "dock the ships" | ||
| sheer cause to sheer; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" | ||
| pull over steer a vehicle to the side of the road; "The car pulled over when the ambulance approached at high speed" | ||
| helm be at or take the helm of; "helm the ship" | ||
| crab fish for crab | ||
| navigate direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the altar" | ||
| stand out be stubborn in resolution or resistance | ||
| starboard turn to the right, of helms or rudders | ||
| conn conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane | ||
| pilot, navigate direct carefully and safely; "He navigated his way to the altar" | ||
| canalise, canalize, channel direct the flow of; "channel information towards a broad audience" | ||
| corner, tree turn a corner; "the car corners" | ||
| park place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" | ||
| direct - plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery" | ||
| mastermind, engineer, organize, organise, orchestrate | ||
| plan make plans for something; "He is planning a trip with his family" | ||
| choreograph plan and oversee the development and details of; "The meeting between the two Presidents had been carefully choreographed" | ||
| direct - cause to go somewhere; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" | ||
| send | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| give the sack, can, send away, give the axe, give notice, displace, sack, terminate, dismiss, force out, fire preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty" | ||
| send packing, send away, dismiss, drop bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances" | ||
| contrive, cast, project, throw form by pouring (e.g., wax or hot metal) into a cast or mold; "cast a bronze sculpture" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| divert send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one | ||
| route divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders" | ||
| refer think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species" | ||
| airt, redirect channel into a new direction; "redirect your attention to the danger from the fundamentalists" | ||
| blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" | ||
| direct - point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" | ||
| aim, take, train, take aim | ||
| position cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | ||
| target, aim, direct, point, place intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" | ||
| draw a bead on have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal | ||
| hold keep from exhaling or expelling; "hold your breath" | ||
| turn pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become; "The weather turned nasty"; "She grew angry" | ||
| swing alternate dramatically between high and low values; "his mood swings"; "the market is swinging up and down" | ||
| level, point, charge become level or even; "The ground levelled off" | ||
| level become level or even; "The ground levelled off" | ||
| sight take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) | ||
| direct - put an address on (an envelope) | ||
| address | ||
| label distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions | ||
| misaddress, misdirect put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter" | ||
| instrument address a legal document to | ||
| re-address put a new address on (an envelope), as for forwarding | ||
| direct - intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself" | ||
| target, aim, place, point | ||
| take aim, aim, train, direct, take propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" | ||
| address adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | ||
| home in, range in, zero in direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids | ||
| direct - lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years" | ||
| conduct, lead | ||
| perform, execute, do carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
| direct - take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the palace" | ||
| lead, take, conduct, guide | ||
| beacon guide with a beacon | ||
| hand guide or conduct or usher somewhere; "hand the elderly lady into the taxi" | ||
| misguide, mislead, lead astray, misdirect lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" | ||
| usher, show take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats" | ||
| direct - specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | ||
| calculate, aim | ||
| destine, intend, designate, specify decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become a great pianist" | ||
Adjective |
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| direct - straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" | ||
| indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" | ||
| honorable, honest worthy of being honored; entitled to honor and respect; "an honorable man"; "led an honorable life"; "honorable service to his country" | ||
| bluff bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured; "a bluff but pleasant manner"; "a bluff and rugged natural leader" | ||
| forthright, free-spoken, straight-from-the-shoulder, frank, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, candid, blunt clearly manifest; evident; "frank enjoyment" | ||
| brutal disagreeably direct and precise; "he spoke with brutal honesty" | ||
| flat-footed without reservation; "a flat-footed refusal" | ||
| man-to-man forthright and honest; "had a man-to-man talk about the facts of life" | ||
| no-nonsense not tolerating irrelevancies; "the no-nonsense tones of a stern parent" | ||
| unvarnished, plain lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete" | ||
| pointed direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction" | ||
| straightforward, square, straight pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze" | ||
| direct - direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit" | ||
| indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination; "sometimes taking an indirect path saves time"; "you must take an indirect course in sailing" | ||
| straight in keeping with the facts; "set the record straight"; "made sure the facts were straight in the report" | ||
| directness, straightness trueness of course toward a goal; "rivaling a hawk in directness of aim" | ||
| door-to-door omitting no one; from the door of one house to that of the next; "a door-to-door campaign"; "house-to-house coverage" | ||
| nonstop (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops; "a nonstop flight to Atlanta" | ||
| point-blank close enough to go straight to the target; "point-blank range"; "a point-blank shot" | ||
| straightforward pointed directly ahead; "a straightforward gaze" | ||
| undeviating, unswerving used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady; "undeviating loyalty" | ||
| direct - (of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current" | ||
| electricity keen and shared excitement; "the stage crackled with electricity whenever she was on it" | ||
| direct - similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)" | ||
| math, mathematics, maths a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement | ||
| direct - moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth | ||
| astronomy, uranology the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole | ||
| direct - being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident" | ||
| primary not derived from or reducible to something else; basic; "a primary instinct" | ||
| direct - lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite" | ||
| direct - having no intervening persons, agents, conditions; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote" | ||
| unmediated | ||
| direct - in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim" | ||
| verbatim | ||
| direct - in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" | ||
| lineal | ||
| collateral, indirect descended from a common ancestor but through different lines; "cousins are collateral relatives"; "an indirect descendant of the Stuarts" | ||
| related connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage | ||
| matrilineal, matrilinear based on or tracing descent through the female line; "matrilineal inheritance" | ||
| patrilineal, patrilinear based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society" | ||
