Definitions For Direct
verb
- Plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- Specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- Command with authority
- Give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
- Put an address on (an envelope)
- Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- Point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- Guide the actors in (plays and films)
- Lead, as in the performance of a composition
- Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- Cause to go somewhere
- Take somebody somewhere
- Be in charge of
- To cause (someone or something) to turn, move, or point in a particular way
- To cause (someone's attention, thoughts, emotions, etc.) to relate to a particular person, thing, goal, etc.
- To say (something) to a particular person or group
- In a straight line without turning or stopping
- Straight from a source with nothing and nobody in between
adjective
- Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
- Having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
- In precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
- Being an immediate result or consequence
adjective
- Direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
- (of a current) flowing in one direction only
- Straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
- Similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
- Moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
- In a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
adverb
- Without deviation
Is Direct a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
10
The word Direct is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Direct in a Sentence
- Be sure that the water nozzle is directed downward.
- The sloping ground helps direct water away from the home.
- Let me direct your attention to the book's second chapter.
- I found a more direct route to the city.
- That way is more direct.
- Keep these plants out of direct sunlight.
- It costs less if you buy it direct from the manufacturer.
- Flew direct to the coast
Synonyms for Direct
Antonyms for Direct
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