DIRECT

DI ·RECT 2 syllables

A2 · Elementary 📏 6 letters 🎲 Scrabble 9 ✅ valid word

Common in conversation and basic reading.

verb
  1. command with authority
  2. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
  3. guide the actors in (plays and films)
  4. be in charge of

💬 Examples

  • "He directed the children to do their homework"
  • "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"
  • "criticism directed at her superior"
  • "We lead him to our chief"

🔗 Similar words

targetaimplacepointleadtake
adjective
  1. direct in spatial dimensions
  2. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
  3. straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
  4. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

💬 Examples

  • "proceeding without deviation or interruption"
  • "straight and short"
  • "in direct sunlight"
  • "in direct contact with the voters"

🔗 Similar words

unmediatedlinealverbatim
adverb
  1. without deviation

💬 Examples

  • "the path leads directly to the lake"
  • "went direct to the office"

🔗 Similar words

directlystraight
← Unscramble DIRECT