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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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voice
English
Alternative forms
- voyce (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Etymology 1
From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin v?cem, accusative form of v?x (“voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *w?k?s, root noun from *wek?- (“to utter, speak”). Cognate with Sanskrit ???? (v?c), Ancient Greek ?? (óps), Persian ????? (âvâz). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”), from Old English stefn (see steven). Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, epic, vocal, vouch, vowel. Doublet of vox.
Noun
voice (plural voices)
- Sound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character
- (phonetics) Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants.
- The tone or sound emitted by an object
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy
- O Marcus, I am warm’d; my heart Leaps at the trumpet’s voice.
- 1712, Joseph Addison, Cato, a Tragedy
- The faculty or power of utterance
- That which is communicated; message; meaning.
- 17th century, John Fell, unknown work
- Let us call on God in the voice of his church.
- 17th century, John Fell, unknown work
- An expressed opinion, choice, will, desire, or wish; the right or ability to make such expression or to have it considered
- 1697, John Dryden, Aeneid
- Some laws ordain, and some attend the choice / Of holy senates, and elect by voice.
- Like many of the 7 million other first time voters, she came of age during half a decade of military rule that has governed the country since former general turned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha seized power in a 2014 coup. "We have had our voice taken away for five years," she says.
- 1697, John Dryden, Aeneid
- (archaic) Command; precept.
- One who speaks; a speaker.
- 1849, Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H.
- A potent voice of Parliament.
- 1849, Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam A.H.H.
- (literature) A particular style or way of writing that expresses a certain tone or feeling.
- (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
- (music) In harmony, an independent vocal or instrumental part in a piece of composition.
- (Internet, IRC) A flag associated with a user on a channel, determining whether or not they can send messages to the channel.
Synonyms
- (sound of human speech): steven, reard
- (opinion): steven, vote, say-so
- (voice of verbs): diathesis, gender (of verbs), grammatical voice, verbal voice
Derived terms
Translations
See voice/translations § Noun.
Etymology 2
From Middle English voysen, voicen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
voice (third-person singular simple present voices, present participle voicing, simple past and past participle voiced)
- (transitive) To give utterance or expression to; to utter; to publish; to announce
- 1893, Annie Wood Besant, An Autobiography
- How often he would voice his love of England, his admiration of her Parliament, his pride in her history.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Great Place
- Rather assume thy right in silence and […] then voice it with claims and challenges.
- 1622, Francis Bacon, History of the Reign of King Henry VII
- It was voiced that the king purposed to put to death Edward Plantagenet.
- 1893, Annie Wood Besant, An Autobiography
- (transitive, phonology) To utter audibly, with tone and not just breath.
- (transitive) To fit for producing the proper sounds; to regulate the tone of
- (transitive, obsolete) To vote; to elect; to appoint
- (intransitive, obsolete) To clamor; to cry out
- (Can we find and add a quotation of South to this entry?)
- (transitive, Internet, IRC) To assign the voice flag to a user on IRC, permitting them to send messages to the channel.
- (television, film) To act as a voice actor to portray a character.
Related terms
Translations
See voice/translations § Verb.
Middle English
Noun
voice
- Alternative form of voys
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