direct
/dɪˈrɛkt/
प्रत्यक्ष
verb
1. direct
command with authority
"He directed the children to do their homework"
2. target, aim, place, point
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"
3. direct
guide the actors in (plays and films)
4. direct
be in charge of
5. lead, take, conduct, guide
take somebody somewhere
"We lead him to our chief"
"can you take me to the main entrance?"
"He conducted us to the palace"
6. send
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"
7. aim, take, train, take aim
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"
8. conduct, lead
lead, as in the performance of a composition
"conduct an orchestra
Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
9. direct
give directions to
point somebody into a certain direction
"I directed them towards the town hall"
10. calculate, aim
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
11. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
direct the course
determine the direction of travelling
12. address
put an address on (an envelope)
13. mastermind, engineer, organize, organise, orchestrate
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
"he masterminded the robbery"
adjective
1. direct
direct in spatial dimensions
proceeding without deviation or interruption
straight and short
"a direct route"
"a direct flight"
"a direct hit"
2. unmediated
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"
3. direct
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
"a direct question"
"a direct response"
"a direct approach"
4. lineal
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
"lineal ancestors"
"lineal heirs"
"a direct descendant of the king"
"direct heredity"
5. direct
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere
or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
6. 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)"
7. direct
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
"direct current"
8. direct
being an immediate result or consequence
"a direct result of the accident"
9. verbatim
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
"a direct quotation"
"repeated their dialog verbatim"
10. direct
lacking compromising or mitigating elements
exact
"the direct opposite"
adverb
1. directly, straight
without deviation
"the path leads directly to the lake"
"went direct to the office"
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