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Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
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the most direct route between two buildings
Straightforward; sincere.
Shakespeare
- Be even and direct with me.
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
John Locke
- He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
Hallam
- a direct and avowed interference with elections
In the line of descent; not collateral.
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a descendant in the direct line
puhekieltä In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
puhekieltä Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
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direct nomination; direct legislation
puhekieltä having a single flight number.
directly Directly.
2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 346:
- Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct.
To manage, control, steer.
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to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
To aim (something) at (something else).
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They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
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He directed his question to the room in general.
To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
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He directed me to the left-hand road.
Lubbock
- the next points to which I will direct your attention
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
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She directed them to leave immediately.
- I'll first direct my men what they shall do.
puhekieltä To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.
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to direct a letter
direct
immediately
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puhekieltä directly
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Si tas pas envie d'y aller, dis-le direct.''
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'If you don't want to go, say it straight up.'
puhekieltä English direct
head-on
directly
straight
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