direct

Sense 1 verb

command with authority

He directed the children to do their homework

Sense 2 adjective

direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

a direct route

Sense 3 adverb

without deviation

the path leads directly to the lake

Sense 4 verb

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face

Sense 5 adjective

having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

in direct sunlight

Sense 6 verb

guide the actors in (plays and films)

Sense 7 adjective

straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

a direct question

Sense 8 verb

be in charge of

Sense 9 adjective

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

lineal ancestors

Sense 10 verb

take somebody somewhere

We lead him to our chief

Sense 11 adjective

moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

Sense 12 verb

cause to go somewhere

The explosion sent the car flying in the air

Sense 13 adjective

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)

Sense 14 verb

point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

Please don't aim at your little brother!

Sense 15 adjective

(of a current) flowing in one direction only

direct current

Sense 16 verb

lead, as in the performance of a composition

conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years

Sense 17 adjective

being an immediate result or consequence

a direct result of the accident

Sense 18 verb

give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

I directed them towards the town hall

Sense 19 adjective

in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

a direct quotation

Sense 20 verb

specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

Sense 21 adjective

lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact

the direct opposite

Sense 22 verb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Sense 23 verb

put an address on (an envelope)

Sense 24 verb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

he masterminded the robbery