direct

direct
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verb
1 aim
ADVERB
mainly, mostly, primarily, principally

Tax cuts have been directed primarily at the better-off.

His anger was mostly directed towards/toward Peter.

clearly
straight

He directed the light straight in her face.

specifically
exclusively, solely

The attacks were directed solely at military targets.

PREPOSITION
against

anger directed specifically against ethnic minorities

at

criticism clearly directed at upper management

away from

This merely directs attention away from the real issues.

into

I found myself being directed into a dark room.

onto

The machine directs light onto a special film.

through

a detour that directs you through narrow, dimly lit streets

to

I directed my question to the chairman.

towards/toward

We are directing our efforts towards/toward helping young people.

2 film/movie
ADVERB
expertly, masterfully, skilfully/skillfully

The film is expertly directed and beautifully photographed.

PREPOSITION
by

It was directed by Luc Besson.

with

He directs with flair and sensitivity.

Direct is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑judge, ↑memorandum, ↑picture
Direct is used with these nouns as the object: ↑acquittal, ↑adaptation, ↑aggression, ↑anger, ↑attention, ↑beam, ↑choir, ↑comment, ↑criticism, ↑energy, ↑episode, ↑film, ↑flow, ↑focus, ↑fund, ↑fury, ↑gaze, ↑jury, ↑money, ↑movement, ↑movie, ↑remark, ↑research, ↑talent, ↑thought, ↑thriller, ↑traffic, ↑venom, ↑video, ↑work
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adj.
VERBS
be
ADVERB
extremely, fairly, very, etc.

Her manner can be rather direct.

He asked me some very direct questions.

disconcertingly

his disconcertingly direct gaze

refreshingly

a refreshingly direct discussion of the agency's priorities

emotionally

The album is her most emotionally direct work to date.

Direct is used with these nouns: ↑access, ↑accountability, ↑action, ↑aim, ↑allusion, ↑ancestor, ↑answer, ↑appeal, ↑approach, ↑assault, ↑assistance, ↑association, ↑attack, ↑awareness, ↑bearing, ↑benefit, ↑cause, ↑challenge, ↑channel, ↑command, ↑communication, ↑comparison, ↑competition, ↑competitor, ↑confirmation, ↑conflict, ↑confrontation, ↑connection, ↑consequence, ↑contact, ↑continuation, ↑contradiction, ↑contrast, ↑contravention, ↑control, ↑correlation, ↑correspondence, ↑cost, ↑counterpart, ↑credit, ↑criticism, ↑current, ↑dealings, ↑defiance, ↑democracy, ↑deposit, ↑descendant, ↑descent, ↑dialogue, ↑discrimination, ↑effect, ↑election, ↑encounter, ↑equivalent, ↑evidence, ↑expenditure, ↑experience, ↑exploitation, ↑expression, ↑fashion, ↑feedback, ↑fire, ↑flight, ↑forerunner, ↑funding, ↑gaze, ↑heat, ↑heir, ↑help, ↑hit, ↑imitation, ↑impact, ↑implication, ↑incentive, ↑influence, ↑input, ↑insight, ↑inspiration, ↑instruction, ↑insult, ↑interaction, ↑interest, ↑intervention, ↑investment, ↑involvement, ↑knowledge, ↑line, ↑link, ↑mail, ↑manipulation, ↑marketing, ↑measure, ↑method, ↑negotiation, ↑observation, ↑opposite, ↑opposition, ↑order, ↑outcome, ↑parallel, ↑participation, ↑path, ↑proof, ↑proportion, ↑question, ↑questioning, ↑quotation, ↑quote, ↑recourse, ↑reference, ↑reflection, ↑relation, ↑relationship, ↑relevance, ↑replacement, ↑representation, ↑request, ↑response, ↑responsibility, ↑result, ↑road, ↑role, ↑route, ↑rule, ↑sale, ↑sequel, ↑service, ↑shipment, ↑speech, ↑stake, ↑stimulation, ↑subsidy, ↑sun, ↑sunlight, ↑superior, ↑supervision, ↑supervisor, ↑support, ↑talk, ↑tax, ↑taxation, ↑threat, ↑tie, ↑trade, ↑train, ↑transfer, ↑transition, ↑translation, ↑transmission, ↑violation, ↑vote
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adv.
Direct is used with these verbs: ↑dial, ↑mail, ↑order

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