to direct
4
1.8
- verb
- /dɪˈrɛkt/
- Make sure to direct the envelope to the correct address for timely delivery.
- direct all correspondence
Examples
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Let me direct you to the address on that license.
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It was directed to the 843rd Bomb Wing on airborne alert.
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I would like to direct this to the distinguished members of the panel.
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The handwritten address directed to the Foundation was itself part of the text waiting to be read.
Fiction book (1994) -
The e-mail address is for editorial correspondence only; please direct all subscription inquiries.
Fiction book (2002) -
Please direct your complaints to the customer service department in the office.
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He was advised to direct his application to the hiring manager for consideration.
Synonyms
42
1.0
To write the name and place where a letter or package should be sent
1
9.8
Write a name or address on the outside of something like an envelope
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
20
3.2
Proof that clearly shows a fact is true, such as an eyewitness report
- Jargon
16
5.5
A protest where people act directly, for example by blocking a road or factory, to reach their goals
6
3.5
A way of sending advertising messages directly to individual customers, for example by email
- Jargon
5
6.5
A lawyer asking questions of a witness they called before the other side asks questions
- Specialized
5
4.2
A tax that a person or business pays directly to the government, not added to the price of goods
- Specialized
4
3.5
An electric flow that moves steadily in one direction, for example from a battery
- Specialized
3
4.6
Money from a company or person in one country used to buy and control a business in another country
- Jargon
1
7.4
Help from one military unit to another that answers the other unit's requests for help
- Specialized
1
6.6
A way to show something is true by using known facts and simple logical steps
- Texting
1
3.8
Visits to a website that come from people typing the address or using a bookmark
1
3.9
A word or group of words that names people and things and receives the action of a verb
- Specialized
1
8.6
A U.S. military kit that turns a regular bomb dropped from a plane into a precise guided bomb
- Specialized
1
3.7
Spread of infection from one person to another when someone touches or coughs on them
- Specialized
1
3.6
An electric flow that moves in one direction and does not reverse
1
6.2
A primary election where voters choose candidates instead of party officials
- Specialized
1
8.7
A way of joining two sets or spaces so each new item has one part from each
- Specialized
1
5.5
An engine that sends diesel fuel straight into the part where it burns to use less fuel
- Specialized
1
5.4
A dye that colours cotton and similar fabrics without using a fixing chemical
- Formal
1
6.7
An arrangement set up by people on purpose, often in writing, to control money and property
- Specialized
1
6.3
Repeating the exact words someone said or thought, usually in quote marks
- Specialized
1
5.2
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
- Jargon
Fire from guns or artillery that helps one group of soldiers during combat
- Archaic
A former UK school that charged fees but accepted some students funded by the local council
Surface Forms
Etymology
Direct comes from a root meaning 'guide straight', and this gives the idea of sending something to the right place. So to direct a letter or package is to address it so it goes straight to the correct person.