to direct
- verb
- /dəˈrɛkt/
- Could you please direct me towards the office?
- direct teachers
- direct students
- direct instruction
Stern words if he didn't direct them to an empty chair.
- Stern words if he didn't direct them to an empty chair.
- And the board may be able to help direct them to more suitable providers.
Examples
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The Buyers Guide, within its various product categories, directs you to specific products and services.
Academic text (2008) -
Excuse me, ma'am, Can you please direct me to town planning?
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All we ask is you direct everybody to the show.
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All right, gentlemen, please direct your attention to the board.
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How may I direct your call?
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To find out, please direct your attention to the video screens.
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I'd like to direct your attention to the trial transcript from the civil case.
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As you exit the aircraft, our flight agents... will help direct you to any connecting flights.
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Store personnel will read it too, and can then direct customer inquiries to your club representative.
Academic text (1999) -
Could you please direct me to the nearest bus stop?
Synonyms
Order someone to do something
To go with someone and show them the way to a place
To tell someone to do something in an official way
To show someone the way by going with them
To tell someone to do something, often as an order
To lead someone carefully to a place, for example to their seat
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 Direct
Surface Forms
Etymology
Direct comes from the Latin dirigere, meaning 'to guide straight', and you can see the same idea in direction. So to direct someone is to show them the right way or give clear instructions.