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Results for: "direct"

Translating from English to Catalan

Translations:

direct — straight, constant, without interruption
→ directe
→ dret
direct — to manage, control, steer
→ dirigir
direct — to direct a film or play
→ dirigir

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (13)

1. command with authority;
- Example: "He directed the children to do their homework"

2. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;
- Example: "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"
- Example: "criticism directed at her superior"
- Example: "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
[syn: target, aim, place, direct, point]

3. guide the actors in (plays and films);

4. be in charge of;

5. take somebody somewhere;
- Example: "We lead him to our chief"
- Example: "can you take me to the main entrance?"
- Example: "He conducted us to the palace"
[syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide]

6. cause to go somewhere;
- Example: "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"
- Example: "She sent her children to camp"
- Example: "He directed all his energies into his dissertation"
[syn: send, direct]

7. point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards;
- Example: "Please don't aim at your little brother!"
- Example: "He trained his gun on the burglar"
- Example: "Don't train your camera on the women"
- Example: "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
[syn: aim, take, train, take aim, direct]

8. lead, as in the performance of a composition;
- Example: "conduct an orchestra Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years";
[syn: conduct, lead, direct]

9. give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;
- Example: "I directed them towards the town hall"

10. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public;
[syn: calculate, aim, direct]

11. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling;
[syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise]

12. put an address on (an envelope);
[syn: address, direct]

13. plan and direct (a complex undertaking);
- Example: "he masterminded the robbery"
[syn: mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate]


ADJECTIVE (10)

1. direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short;
- Example: "a direct route"
- Example: "a direct flight"
- Example: "a direct hit"

2. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions;
- Example: "in direct sunlight"
- Example: "in direct contact with the voters"
- Example: "direct exposure to the disease"
- Example: "a direct link"
- Example: "the direct cause of the accident"
- Example: "direct vote"
[syn: direct, unmediated]

3. straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action;
- Example: "a direct question"
- Example: "a direct response"
- Example: "a direct approach"

4. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;
- Example: "lineal ancestors"
- Example: "lineal heirs"
- Example: "a direct descendant of the king"
- Example: "direct heredity"
[syn: lineal, direct]

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

6. similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;
- Example: "a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)"

7. (of a current) flowing in one direction only;
- Example: "direct current"

8. being an immediate result or consequence;
- Example: "a direct result of the accident"

9. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;
- Example: "a direct quotation"
- Example: "repeated their dialog verbatim"
[syn: direct, verbatim]

10. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact;
- Example: "the direct opposite"


ADVERB (1)

1. without deviation;
- Example: "the path leads directly to the lake"
- Example: "went direct to the office"
[syn: directly, straight, direct]