to direct
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3.4
- verb
- /dəˈrɛkt/
:
dirigir a
- The marketing team will direct their efforts toward reaching younger audiences with the new campaign.
- programs directed at
- consumer-directed
- efforts directed toward
Examples
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The charity aims to direct resources specifically to low-income families in the community.
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Overall, then, young children should be given the opportunity to direct their own learning through child-centered, child-selected activities.
Academic text (1999) -
From this day forth, we shall direct our own lives.
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That space is yours to define, to direct.
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Canada's economic history is very much a story of entrepreneurial efforts directed towards the exploitation of new products and processes.
Academic text (1999) -
Some initiatives are directed towards novel applications of swarm robotics and cooperation between humans and the swarms.
Academic text (2011) -
Teachers need to direct students' attention to the key concepts during the lesson.
Synonyms
821
2.9
To direct an action or message at people
304
1.5
To direct remarks or products at a particular group
152
3.9
To try to sell something or persuade people to accept an idea
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
18
3.2
Proof that clearly shows a fact is true, such as an eyewitness report
- Jargon
10
5.5
A protest where people act directly, for example by blocking a road or factory, to reach their goals
- Jargon
5
6.5
A lawyer asking questions of a witness they called before the other side asks questions
4
3.5
A way of sending advertising messages directly to individual customers, for example by email
- Specialized
3
3.5
An electric flow that moves steadily in one direction, for example from a battery
- Specialized
2
4.6
Money from a company or person in one country used to buy and control a business in another country
- Specialized
2
4.2
A tax that a person or business pays directly to the government, not added to the price of goods
- Specialized
1
6.6
A way to show something is true by using known facts and simple logical steps
1
3.9
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 Targeted
Surface Forms
Etymology
Direct comes from the idea of 'pointing straight' in Latin dirigere, and this makes it easy to remember how it is used today. So to direct a product or event at a group is to aim it clearly for those people.