direct: význam a definície

To manage or conduct the affairs of; regulate.

To have or take charge of; control. See Synonyms at conduct.

To give authoritative instructions to: directed the student to answer.

To cause to move toward a goal; aim. See Synonyms at aim.

To show or indicate the way for: directed us to the airport.

To cause to move in or follow a straight course: directed their fire at the target.

To indicate the intended recipient on (a letter, for example).

To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.

To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.

To supervise the performance of.

To give commands or directions.

To conduct a performance or rehearsal.

Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving: a direct route.

Straightforward and candid; frank: a direct response.

Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate: direct contact; direct sunlight.

Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates: direct elections.

Being of unbroken descent; lineal: a direct descendant of the monarch.

Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker: a direct quotation; direct speech.

Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute: direct opposites.

Mathematics Varying in the same manner as another quantity, especially increasing if another quantity increases or decreasing if it decreases.

Astronomy Designating west-to-east motion of a planet in the same direction as the sun's movement against the stars.

Sports Being a free kick in soccer by which a goal can be scored without the ball being touched by a second player.

Straight; directly.