direct

English

Etymology

From Latin dīrectus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɪˈrɛkt/, /ˌdaɪˈrɛkt/, /dɚˈɛkt/, X-SAMPA: /dI"rEkt/, /%daI"rEkt/, /d3`"Ekt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkt

Adjective

direct (comparative directer, superlative directest)

1. Straight, constant, without interruption.

Translations

Straight, constant, without interruption

• Albanian: drejtë (sq)
• Arabic: مستقيم (ar) (mustaqiim)
• Bulgarian: пряк (bg) (prjak), непосредствен (bg) (neposrédstven)
• Catalan: directe (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 直接 (cmn) (zhíjiē)

• Czech: přímý (cs)
• Esperanto: rekta (eo)
• Finnish: suora (fi)
• French: direct (fr)
• German: direkt (de), unmittelbar (de)
• Greek: άμμεσος (el) (ámmesos) m
• Haitian Creole: dirèk

• Hindi: सीधा (hi) (sīdhā)
• Interlingua: directe (ia)
• Japanese: 直接の (ja) (ちょくせつの, chokusetsu-no)
• Latin: directus (la)
• Persian: مستقیم (fa) (mostaqim)
• Portuguese: directo (pt)
• Romanian: direct (ro)
• Russian: прямой (ru) (prjamój), непосредственный (ru) (neposrédstvennyj), постоянный (ru) (postojánnyj) (e.g. current)
• Spanish: directo (es)
• Swedish: direkt (sv), omedelbar (sv)
• Urdu: سیدھا (ur) (sīdhā)

Antonyms

• indirect

Derived terms

• direct action
• direct current
• direct flight
• direct initiative
• direct object
• direct quote

Adverb

direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)

1. 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.

Verb

direct (third-person singular simple present directs, present participle directing, simple past and past participle directed)

1. To manage, control, steer.
2. To aim (something) at (something else).

   They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.

   He directed his question to the room in general.

Related terms

• direction
• directly
• director
• adroit
• dirge
• dirigible
• dress

Translations

to manage, control, steer

• Bulgarian: ръководя (bg) (rǎkovodja), управлявам (bg) (upravljavam)
• Catalan: dirigir (ca)
• Danish: dirigere (da), lede (da)
• Esperanto: gvidi (eo)
• Finnish: ohjata (fi)
• Hebrew: ניהל (he) (nehél)

• Irish: deachtaigh (ga)
• Persian: اداره کردن (fa)
• Russian: управлять (ru) (upravlját') impf.
• Spanish: dirigir (es)
• Swedish: leda (sv), styra (sv)

to aim at

• Bulgarian: упътвам (bg) (upǎtvam), насочвам (bg) (nasočvam)
• Catalan: adreçar (ca)
• Danish: rette (da)
• Finnish: tähdätä (fi)
• Hebrew: כיוון (he) (kivén)

• Persian: هدایت کردن (fa)
• Polish: kierować (pl)
• Russian: направлять (ru) (napravlját') impf., направить (ru) (naprávit') pf., нацеливать (ru) (nacélivat') impf., нацелить (ru) (nacélit') pf.
• Swedish: rikta (sv)

Anagrams

• credit
• triced

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

direct (comparative directer, superlative directst)

1. direct

Declension

Declension of direct

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		direct	directer
neuter singular	indefinite	direct	directer
	definite	directe	directere	directste	directst, directste
common singular		directe	directere	directste	directste
plural		directe	directere	directste	directste
partitive		directs	directers

Adverb

direct

1. immediately

Synonyms

• onmiddellijk
• meteen
• rechtstreeks

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīrectus. Cf. the inherited doublet droit.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /di.ʁɛkt/
• Homophone: directs

Adjective

direct m (feminine directe, masculine plural directs, feminine plural directes)

1. direct

Adverb

direct

1. directly

Related terms

• diriger
• directeur
• direction

Derived terms

• directement
• en direct

See also

• droit

Anagrams

• crédit
• décrit
• dicter

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Latin dīrectus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō, dīrigere (“straighten, direct”).

Adjective

direct m (feminine directe, masculine plural directs, feminine plural directes)

1. direct