The verb direct has 13 senses (first 10 from tagged texts)
1. (17) direct -- (command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework")
2. (16) target, aim, place, direct, 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. (13) direct -- (guide the actors in (plays and films))
4. (7) direct -- (be in charge of)
5. (5) lead, take, direct, 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. (5) send, 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")
7. (5) aim, take, train, take aim, direct -- (aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment; "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. (4) conduct, lead, direct -- (lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years")
9. (1) direct -- (give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall")
10. (1) calculate, aim, direct -- (specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public)
11. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
12. address, direct -- (put an address on (an envelope))
13. mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate -- (plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery")
Overview of adj direct
The adj direct has 10 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (24) direct -- (direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; "a direct route"; "a direct flight"; "a direct hit")
2. (16) direct, 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. (5) direct -- (extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach")
4. lineal, direct -- (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. direct, 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")
Overview of adv direct
The adv direct has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. directly, straight, direct -- (without deviation; "the path leads directly to the lake"; "went direct to the office")