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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
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extend
English
Etymology
From Middle English extenden, from Anglo-Norman extendre, estendre, from Latin extend? (“I stretch out”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?st?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
- Hyphenation: ex?tend
Verb
extend (third-person singular simple present extends, present participle extending, simple past and past participle extended)
- (intransitive) To increase in extent.
- (intransitive) To possess a certain extent; to cover an amount of space.
- The desert extended for miles in all directions.
- (transitive) To cause to increase in extent.
- (transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
- (transitive) To straighten (a limb).
- (transitive) To bestow; to offer; to impart; to apply.
- to extend sympathy to the suffering
- to extend credit to a valued customer
- To increase in quantity by weakening or adulterating additions.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of G. P. Burnham to this entry?)
- 1897, Alonzo Lewis, James Robinson Newhall, History of Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts (page 155)
- […] the exalted morality of those virtuous brethren in the trade who, with consciences as weak as their own "extended" liquors, sought to convince him that to reduce the drink was a mercy to the poor deluded toper.
- (Britain, law) To value, as lands taken by a writ of extent in satisfaction of a debt; to assign by writ of extent.
- (object-oriented programming) Of a class: to be an extension or subtype of, or to be based on, a prototype or a more abstract class.
- Synonym: inherit
- (intransitive, US, military) To reenlist for a further period.
- 1993, The Leatherneck (volume 76, page xxxvi)
- Two years later, back to amtracs, this time at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, and I liked it so much I extended.
- 1993, The Leatherneck (volume 76, page xxxvi)
Synonyms
- enlarge
- expand
- increase
- lengthen
- stretch
- widen
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- dentex
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