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Results for: "direct"

Translating from English to Gaelic

Translations:

direct — to direct a film or play
→ stiùirich
→ riaghail

English definitions WordNet

VERB 13

  1. command with authority

    • “He directed the children to do their homework”

  2. 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”
    Synonymstargetaimplacepoint

  3. guide the actors in (plays and films)

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  1. be in charge of

  2. take somebody somewhere

    • “We lead him to our chief”
    • “can you take me to the main entrance?”
    • “He conducted us to the palace”
    Synonymsleadtakeconductguide

  3. 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”
    Synonymssend

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

    • “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”
    Synonymsaimtaketraintake aim

  5. lead, as in the performance of a composition; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

    • “conduct an orchestra”
    Synonymsconductlead

  6. give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction

    • “I directed them towards the town hall”

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

    Synonymscalculateaim

  8. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    Synonymssteermaneuvermanoeuvermanoeuvrepointheadguidechannelizechannelise

  9. put an address on (an envelope)

    Synonymsaddress

  10. plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

    • “he masterminded the robbery”
    Synonymsmastermindengineerorganizeorganiseorchestrate

ADJECTIVE 10

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

    • “a direct route”
    • “a direct flight”
    • “a direct hit”

  2. having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

    • “in direct sunlight”
    • “in direct contact with the voters”
    • “direct exposure to the disease”
    • “a direct link”
    • “the direct cause of the accident”
    • “direct vote”
    Synonymsunmediated

  3. straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

    • “a direct question”
    • “a direct response”
    • “a direct approach”
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  1. in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

    • “lineal ancestors”
    • “lineal heirs”
    • “a direct descendant of the king”
    • “direct heredity”
    Synonymslineal

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

  3. 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)”

  4. (of a current) flowing in one direction only

    • “direct current”

  5. being an immediate result or consequence

    • “a direct result of the accident”

  6. in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

    • “a direct quotation”
    • “repeated their dialog verbatim”
    Synonymsverbatim

  7. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact

    • “the direct opposite”

ADVERB 1

  1. without deviation

    • “the path leads directly to the lake”
    • “went direct to the office”
    Synonymsdirectlystraight