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direct
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?rectus, perfect passive participle of d?rig? (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + reg? (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d(a)????kt/, /d????kt/, /da??????kt/
- Rhymes: -?kt
- Hyphenation: di?rect
Adjective
direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)
- Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
- Straightforward; sincere.
- Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
- He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.
- 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England
- a direct and avowed interference with elections
- In the line of descent; not collateral.
- (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.
- (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
- (aviation, travel) having a single flight number.
Synonyms
- (proceeding uninterrupted): immediate
- (express, plain, unambiguous): explicit, patent, univocal; see also Thesaurus:explicit
Antonyms
- indirect
Derived terms
Translations
Adverb
direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)
- Directly.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 346:
- Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 346:
Verb
direct (third-person singular simple present directs, present participle directing, simple past and past participle directed)
- To manage, control, steer.
- to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
- To aim (something) at (something else).
- They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
- He directed his question to the room in general.
- To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
- He directed me to the left-hand road.
- 1882, John Lubbock, Flowers, Fruits and Leaves
- the next points to which I will direct your attention
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
- She directed them to leave immediately.
- (dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.
- to direct a letter
Derived terms
- co-direct, codirect
- misdirect
- redirect
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Credit, credit, triced
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French direct, from Latin d?r?ctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?r?kt/
- Hyphenation: di?rect
- Rhymes: -?kt
Adjective
direct (comparative directer, superlative directst)
- direct, immediate
- direct, blunt, frank
Inflection
Adverb
direct
- immediately
Synonyms
- onmiddellijk
- meteen
- rechtstreeks
Derived terms
- drek
Descendants
- Afrikaans: direk
- ? Papiamentu: dirèkt
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.??kt/
- Homophones: directe, directes, directs
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin d?rectus. Doublet of droit, which was inherited.
Adjective
direct (feminine singular directe, masculine plural directs, feminine plural directes)
- direct
Etymology 2
From directement.
Adverb
direct
- (colloquial) directly
- Si t'as pas envie d'y aller, dis-le direct.
- 'If you don't want to go, say it straight up.'
- Si t'as pas envie d'y aller, dis-le direct.
Derived terms
Related terms
- diriger
- directeur
- direction
See also
- droit
Anagrams
- crédit
- décrit
- dicter
Further reading
- “direct” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?rectus, perfect passive participle of d?rig?, d?rigere (“straighten, direct”). Compare the inherited drait, drouait.
Adjective
direct m
- (Jersey) direct
Derived terms
- directément (“directly”)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French direct, Latin directus. Compare the inherited doublet drept.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di?rekt/
Adjective
direct m or n (feminine singular direct?, masculine plural direc?i, feminine and neuter plural directe)
- direct
- head-on
Declension
Adverb
direct
- directly
- straight
direct From the web:
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- what direction does the moon rise
converse
English
Etymology 1
From Old French converser, from Latin conversor (“live, have dealings with”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?v??s/
- (US) enPR: k?nvûrs', IPA(key): /k?n?v?s/
- Rhymes: -??(?)s
Verb
converse (third-person singular simple present converses, present participle conversing, simple past and past participle conversed)
- (formal, intransitive) to talk; to engage in conversation
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- We had conversed so often on that subject.
- 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy
- to keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with
- 1727, James Thomson, Summer
- To seek the distant hills, and there converse
With nature.
- To seek the distant hills, and there converse
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion
- But to converse with heaven — This is not easy.
- 1727, James Thomson, Summer
- (obsolete) to have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study
- 1689-1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II
- according as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety
- 1689-1690, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II
Derived terms
- conversation
Translations
Noun
converse
- (now literary) free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
- 1728, Edward Young, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire V, On Women, lines 44-46:
- Twice ere the sun descends, with zeal inspir'd, / From the vain converse of the world retir'd, / She reads the psalms and chapters for the day […]
- 1919, Saki, ‘The Disappearance of Crispina Umerleigh’, The Toys of Peace, Penguin 2000 (Complete Short Stories), p. 405:
- In a first-class carriage of a train speeding Balkanward across the flat, green Hungarian plain, two Britons sat in friendly, fitful converse.
- 1728, Edward Young, Love of Fame, the Universal Passion, Satire V, On Women, lines 44-46:
Etymology 2
From Latin conversus (“turned around”), past participle of converto (“turn about”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?nv??s/
- (US) enPR: k?n'vûrs, IPA(key): /?k?nv?s/
Adjective
converse (not comparable)
- opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal
Noun
converse (plural converses)
- the opposite or reverse
- (logic) of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true."
equivalently: given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs".- All trees are plants, but the converse, that all plants are trees, is not true.
- (semantics) one of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym
Derived terms
- conversely
Translations
Anagrams
- Cervones, conserve, coveners, encovers
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
converse f sg
- feminine singular of convers
Verb
converse
- first-person singular present indicative of converser
- third-person singular present indicative of converser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of converser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of converser
- second-person singular imperative of converser
Italian
Alternative forms
- convergé (rare)
Verb
converse
- third-person singular past historic of convergere
Anagrams
- conserve, scernevo
Latin
Participle
converse
- vocative masculine singular of conversus
Portuguese
Verb
converse
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of conversar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of conversar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of conversar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of conversar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kom?be?se/, [kõm?be?.se]
Verb
converse
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conversar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conversar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conversar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of conversar.
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