Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb direct
11 of 13 senses of direct
Sense 1
direct
=> stet
Sense 2
target, aim place direct, point
=> address
=> range in home in zero in
Sense 3
direct
=> stage direct
Sense 4
direct
=> hold throw, have make give
=> guide, steer
=> head, lead
=> operate, run
Sense 5
lead, take direct, conduct, guide
=> beacon
=> mislead, misguide, lead astray
=> usher, show
Sense 6
send direct
=> project, cast, contrive, throw
=> turn
=> turn
=> divert
=> route
=> refer
=> redirect, airt
=> blow
Sense 7
aim take train, take aim direct
=> target, aim place direct, point
=> hold
=> turn
=> swing
=> charge, level, point
=> level
Sense 9
direct
=> point the way
Sense 11
steer, maneuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide
=> dock
=> sheer
=> stand out
=> starboard
=> conn
=> navigate, pilot
=> channel, canalize, canalise
=> corner
=> park
Sense 12
address, direct
=> re-address
Sense 13
mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
=> choreograph
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb direct
11 of 13 senses of direct
Sense 1
direct
=> stet
Sense 2
target, aim place direct, point
=> address
=> range in home in zero in
Sense 3
direct
=> stage direct
Sense 4
direct
=> hold throw, have make give
=> guide, steer
=> head, lead
=> chair, chairman
=> captain
=> spearhead
=> take hold take charge, take control
=> attend
=> move in on
=> operate, run
=> financier
=> work
=> block
=> warm up
Sense 5
lead, take direct, conduct, guide
=> beacon
=> mislead, misguide, lead astray
=> usher, show
=> marshal
Sense 6
send direct
=> project, cast, contrive, throw
=> shoot
=> turn
=> take up
=> turn
=> divert
=> route
=> deviate
=> perturb
=> perturb
=> shunt
=> route
=> refer
=> submit
=> give
=> return
=> report out
=> relegate, pass on submit
=> recommit
=> redirect, airt
=> sublimate
=> desexualize
=> blow
Sense 7
aim take train, take aim direct
=> target, aim place direct, point
=> address
=> range in home in zero in
=> hold
=> turn
=> swing
=> charge, level, point
=> level
Sense 9
direct
=> point the way
Sense 11
steer, maneuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide
=> dock
=> drydock
=> sheer
=> stand out
=> starboard
=> conn
=> navigate, pilot
=> astrogate
=> channel, canalize, canalise
=> corner
=> park
=> angle-park
=> parallel-park
=> double-park
Sense 12
address, direct
=> re-address
Sense 13
mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
=> choreograph
Entailment of verb direct
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb direct
13 senses of direct
Sense 1
direct
=> order tell enjoin, say
Sense 2
target, aim place direct, point
=> aim take train, take aim direct
Sense 3
direct
=> make create
Sense 4
direct
=> manage, deal care handle
Sense 5
lead, take direct, conduct, guide
Sense 6
send direct
=> move displace
Sense 7
aim take train, take aim direct
=> position
Sense 8
conduct, lead, direct
=> perform, execute, do
Sense 9
direct
=> instruct, apprise, apprize
Sense 10
calculate, aim direct
=> intend, destine, designate, specify
Sense 11
steer, maneuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide
=> control, command
Sense 12
address, direct
=> label
Sense 13
mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
=> plan
Familiarity of verb direct
direct used as a verb is familiar (polysemy count = 13)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb direct
Sense 1
direct
=> order tell enjoin, say
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Sense 2
target, aim place direct, point
=> aim take train, take aim direct
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Sense 3
direct
=> make create
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Sense 4
direct
=> manage, deal care handle
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Sense 5
lead, take direct, conduct, guide
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Sense 6
send direct
=> move displace
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Sense 7
aim take train, take aim direct
=> position
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Sense 8
conduct, lead, direct
=> perform, execute, do
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Sense 9
direct
=> instruct, apprise, apprize
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Sense 10
calculate, aim direct
=> intend, destine, designate, specify
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Sense 11
steer, maneuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide
=> control, command
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Sense 12
address, direct
=> label
--------------
Sense 13
mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate
=> plan
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Grep of noun direct
direct action
direct antonym
direct contrast
direct correlation
direct current
direct discourse
direct dye
direct evidence
direct examination
direct fire
direct flight
direct loan
direct marketing
direct object
direct primary
direct quotation
direct sum
direct support
direct supporting fire
direct tax
direct tide
direct trust
directed verdict
direction
direction finder
directional antenna
directionality
directive
directivity
directness
director
director-stockholder relation
director of research
directorate
directorship
directory
Overview of verb direct
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 musical composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim 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, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
12. address, direct -- (put an address on (an envelope, for example))
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 11 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 -- (immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident")
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 -- ((astronomy) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth)
6. direct -- ((mathematics) varying in the same manner as another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)")
7. direct -- ((electricity) of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating; "direct current")
8. direct -- (as 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 -- (effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives; "many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College")
11. direct -- (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")
Antonyms of adj direct
11 senses of direct
Sense 1
direct (vs. indirect)
indirect (vs. direct)
=> askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
=> devious, circuitous, roundabout
=> diversionary
=> meandering(postnominal), rambling, wandering(postnominal), winding
=> askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong
Sense 2
direct
INDIRECT (VIA immediate) -> mediate
Sense 3
direct (vs. indirect)
indirect (vs. direct)
=> allusive
=> backhanded
=> circuitous, roundabout
=> circumlocutious, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious
=> devious, oblique
=> digressive, discursive, excursive, rambling
=> hearsay
=> mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed
=> tortuous
Sense 4
lineal (vs. collateral), direct
Sense 5
direct (vs. retrograde)
retrograde (vs. direct)
Sense 6
direct (vs. inverse)
inverse (vs. direct)
Sense 7
direct (vs. alternating)
alternating (vs. direct)
Sense 8
direct
INDIRECT (VIA primary) -> secondary
Sense 9
direct, verbatim
INDIRECT (VIA exact) -> inexact
Sense 10
direct
INDIRECT (VIA democratic) -> undemocratic
Sense 11
direct
INDIRECT (VIA absolute) -> relative
Similarity of adj direct
11 senses of direct
Sense 1
direct (vs. indirect)
=> door-to-door
=> nonstop
=> point-blank
=> short, shortest
=> straightforward
=> undeviating, unswerving
=> through(postnominal)
Also See-> straight#2
Sense 2
direct
=> immediate (vs. mediate)
Sense 3
direct (vs. indirect)
=> bluff
=> blunt, candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank
=> no-nonsense
=> plain, unvarnished
=> pointed
=> square(postnominal), straightforward
=> flat-footed
=> man-to-man
Also See-> honest#1, honorable#1
Sense 4
lineal (vs. collateral), direct
=> matrilineal, matrilinear
=> patrilineal, patrilinear
=> unilateral, unilateralist
Also See-> related#2
Sense 5
direct (vs. retrograde)
Sense 6
direct (vs. inverse)
Sense 7
direct (vs. alternating)
Sense 8
direct
=> primary (vs. secondary)
Sense 9
direct, verbatim
=> exact (vs. inexact)
Sense 10
direct
=> democratic (vs. undemocratic)
Sense 11
direct
=> absolute (vs. relative)
Attributes of adj direct
1 of 11 senses of direct
Sense 1
direct (vs. indirect)
=> directness, straightness
Familiarity of adj direct
direct used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11)
Grep of adj direct
direct
directed
directing
directional
directionless
directive
indirect
Overview of verb direct
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 musical composition; "conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim 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, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide -- (direct the course; determine the direction of travelling)
12. address, direct -- (put an address on (an envelope, for example))
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 11 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 -- (immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening; "in direct sunlight"; "in direct contact with the voters"; "direct exposure to the disease"; "a direct link"; "the direct cause of the accident")
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 -- ((astronomy) moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth)
6. direct -- ((mathematics) varying in the same manner as another quantity; "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)")
7. direct -- ((electricity) of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating; "direct current")
8. direct -- (as 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 -- (effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives; "many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College")
11. direct -- (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")
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