to direct
- verb
- /dəˈrɛkt/
- The film studio hired her to direct their next blockbuster after her previous successes.
- teacher-directed
- self-directed
- directed learning
You can't guide and direct and control, right?
- You can't guide and direct and control, right?
- Vision is going to direct your life if you let it.
- And he performed and directed both on Broadway and in films.
- And she's she's smart, she directs, she acts, she does it all.
- So I got to produce, direct, act and give interviews.
- You need something that is actually going to direct them, right?
- So I started out as solely, you know, directing scripts I wrote.
- Roman Baca is a Marine veteran, and he directs that troupe.
- So the decision to direct came indirectly.
Examples
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During the rehearsal, the conductor will direct the orchestra to create a stunning performance.
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You can't guide and direct and control, right?
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What I can do is choose to direct my energy elsewhere.
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Often, students in the area of science are directed to acquire information from a chart or table.
Academic text (2015) -
They hired me to direct a lot of their stuff.
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Pathfinders support teachers by providing online guides to direct students to pertinent and high-quality resources.
Academic text (2015) -
As the project manager, I will direct the team to ensure we meet our deadlines.
Synonyms
To move in a particular direction, often toward a place
To guide a group or be in charge
Arrange people, things, and activities so they work well
To show someone the way by going with them
To guide the direction of something, like a car or a conversation
To plan or arrange something carefully using skill
To lead a group of musicians like an orchestra or choir
To organize and direct the parts of a large plan or event
To move a vehicle, thing, or group skillfully to a new position
To plan and direct a secret, difficult activity that is often illegal
Giving direction and help to show people what to do or where to go
To direct water or other flow into a channel to control it
Giving guidance and showing the way
To lead actors and decide how a play looks on stage
To move something or someone carefully to get a better position
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
Proof that clearly shows a fact is true, such as an eyewitness report
- Jargon
A protest where people act directly, for example by blocking a road or factory, to reach their goals
- Jargon
A lawyer asking questions of a witness they called before the other side asks questions
A way of sending advertising messages directly to individual customers, for example by email
- Specialized
An electric flow that moves steadily in one direction, for example from a battery
- Specialized
Money from a company or person in one country used to buy and control a business in another country
- Specialized
A tax that a person or business pays directly to the government, not added to the price of goods
- Specialized
A way to show something is true by using known facts and simple logical steps
A word or group of words that names people and things and receives the action of a verb
- Specialized
An engine that sends diesel fuel straight into the part where it burns to use less fuel
- Specialized
A diesel engine that injects fuel directly into the chamber where it burns
- Specialized
A paper showing the goods stay on the same ship without transfer
- Specialized
Repeating the exact words someone said or thought, usually in quote marks
- Specialized
A dye that colours cotton and similar fabrics without using a fixing chemical
- Specialized
An electric flow that moves in one direction and does not reverse
- Specialized
A way of joining two sets or spaces so each new item has one part from each
- Jargon
Fire from guns or artillery that helps one group of soldiers during combat
- Jargon
Help from one military unit to another that answers the other unit's requests for help
- Specialized
Spread of infection from one person to another when someone touches or coughs on them
- Texting
Visits to a website that come from people typing the address or using a bookmark
- Formal
An arrangement set up by people on purpose, often in writing, to control money and property
- Archaic
A former UK school that charged fees but accepted some students funded by the local council
- Specialized
A U.S. military kit that turns a regular bomb dropped from a plane into a precise guided bomb
How Controlling
Surface Forms
Etymology
Direct comes from the old Latin verb dirigere, built from de- and regere, which together give the image of 'guiding straight'. That's why to direct people or a project is to guide their actions clearly, just like a director guides a play.