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Look up: direct

  1. direct
    [adj] - as an immediate result or consequence 2. [adj] - in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker 3. [adj] - immediate or direct in bearing or force 4. [adj] - (astronomy) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere 5. [adj] - (mathematics) varying in the same manner as another quantity 6. [adj] - extended senses 7. [adj] - (electricity) of a current flowing in one direction only 8. [adj] - direct in spatial dimensions 9. [adj] - effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives 10. [adj] - exact 11. [v] - be in charge of 12. [v] - guide the actors in (plays and films) 13. [v] - give directions to 14. [v] - command with authority
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Direct
    actions made without passing the blade under or over the opponent's blade
    Found on http://www.britishfencing.com/British_Fe

  3. Direct
    actions made without passing the blade under or over the opponent's blade
    Found on http://www.hpfc.org.uk/glossary.htm

  4. DIRECT
    Depression Information Resource & Education Centre
    Found on http://www.geocities.com/~mlshams/acrony

  5. Direct
    rapid aid to the poorest countries and groups Category: Economics • the direct dyes are the most numerous,the least expensive,and the least fast.Thery include a wide range of shades and are relatively easy to apply Category: Various industries and crafts • the path of least possible time between transmitting and receiving aerials Category: Electrical engineering and ener...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. Direct
    Di·rect' adjective [ Latin directus , past participle of dirigere to direct: confer French direct . See Dress , and confer Dirge .] 1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means. « What is direct to, what slides by, the question.» ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/72

  7. Direct
    Di·rect' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Directed ; present participle & verbal noun Directing .] 1. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance. 2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/72

  8. Direct
    Di·rect' intransitive verb To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide. « Wisdom is profitable to direct Eccl. x. 10.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/72

  9. Direct
    Di·rect' noun (Mus.) A character, thus [ ...], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation. Moore (Encyc. of Music).
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/72

  10. Direct
    Di·rect' adjective (Political Science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/72

  11. direct
    1. Straight, in a straight line. ... 2. Performed immediately and without the intervention of subsidiary means. ... Origin: L. Directus ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  12. direct
    unmediated adjective 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`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  13. direct
    verbatim adjective in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; `a direct quotation`; `repeated their dialog verbatim`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  14. direct
    adjective lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; `the direct opposite`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  15. direct
    adjective being an immediate result or consequence; `a direct result of the accident`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  16. direct
    adjective direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; `a direct route`; `a direct flight`; `a direct hit`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  17. direct
    verb command with authority; `He directed the children to do their homework`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  18. direct
    verb guide the actors in (plays and films)
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  19. direct
    verb be in charge of
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  20. direct
    conduct 1 guide verb take somebody somewhere; `We lead him to our chief`; `can you take me to the main entrance?`; `He conducted us to the palace`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  21. Direct
    `Direct` may refer to: * direct current, a direct flow of electricity * direct examination, the in-trial questioning of a witness by the party who has called him or her to testify * direct route or `direct service`, a route that does not divert to a third location * direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces * `Direct` (album), 1988 album by Vangelis * DirectX, a proprietary dynamic media platf...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct

  22. DIRECT
    `DIRECT` is a proposal for a set of Shuttle Derived Launch Vehicles to be used for future spaceflights. Developed independently from NASA, DIRECT proposes launch vehicles different from those NASA is developing in its Project Constellation. Like Project Constellation, however, DIRECT would enable the missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond that were outlined in the U.S. government's Vision for Space Exploration. The name `DIRECT` is intended to emp...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIRECT

  23. Direct
    • (v. t.) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter. • (a.) Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. • (v. t.) To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go. • (n.) A chara...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  24. direct
    (L. directus) 1. straight; in a straight line. 2. performed immediately and without the intervention of subsidiary means.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/

  25. direct
    (rotation) Axial rotation or orbital rotation in a counterclockwise direction when viewed looking down from above the Sun's north pole, or the movement of a body from west to east on the celestial sphere. Also known as prograde, it is the normal direction of orbital and axial mo...
    Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedi


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