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How to pronounce direct
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What does direct mean?
adjProceeding without deviation or interruption.
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
“the most direct route between two buildings”
Straightforward; sincere.
“Be even and direct with me.”
advDirectly.
“Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct.”
verbTo manage, control, steer.
“to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army”
To aim (something) at (something else).
“He directed his question to the room in general.”
To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
“He directed me to the left-hand road.”
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