direct
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1.6
- adverb
- /dɪˈrɛkt/
- He went direct to the point in his presentation, addressing the main issues clearly.
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Examples
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For sometimes your route may be direct, other times it might wind.
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What would be a more direct way for people to learn vibes?
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She took the direct route to the airport, arriving in just twenty minutes.
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The train travels direct from London to Edinburgh without any stops.
Synonyms
1
5.6
In a straight, direct way without turning or avoiding
Antonyms
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
How Direct
Surface Forms
Etymology
Direct comes from a word that means 'straight', and this helps explain the adverb form which means going in a straight, uninterrupted way. So when you go direct to a place, you go straight there with no stops.