DIRECTER - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

Example: lineal ancestors; lineal heirs; a direct descendant of the king; direct heredity

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

being an immediate result or consequence

Example: a direct result of the accident

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

lacking compromising or mitigating elements

Example: exact; the direct opposite

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Adjective

direct in spatial dimensions

Example: proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short; a direct route; a direct flight; a direct hit

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Adjective

(of a current) flowing in one direction only

Example: direct current

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Adjective

straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

Example: a direct question; a direct response; a direct approach

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Adjective

similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity

Example: a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Adjective

moving from west to east on the celestial sphere

Example: or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

Example: in direct sunlight; in direct contact with the voters; direct exposure to the disease; a direct link; the direct cause of the accident; direct vote

Meaning 10

Part of speech: Adjective (satellite)

in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

Example: a direct quotation; repeated their dialog verbatim

Meaning 11

Part of speech: Adverb

without deviation

Example: the path leads directly to the lake; went direct to the office

Meaning 12

Part of speech: Verb

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

Example: He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face; criticism directed at her superior; direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself

Meaning 13

Part of speech: Verb

point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

Example: Please don't aim at your little brother!; He trained his gun on the burglar; Don't train your camera on the women; Take a swipe at one's opponent

Meaning 14

Part of speech: Verb

guide the actors in (plays and films)

Meaning 15

Part of speech: Verb

lead, as in the performance of a composition

Example: conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years

Meaning 16

Part of speech: Verb

direct the course

Example: determine the direction of travelling

Meaning 17

Part of speech: Verb

cause to go somewhere

Example: The explosion sent the car flying in the air; She sent her children to camp; He directed all his energies into his dissertation

Meaning 18

Part of speech: Verb

take somebody somewhere

Example: We lead him to our chief; can you take me to the main entrance?; He conducted us to the palace

Meaning 19

Part of speech: Verb

be in charge of

Meaning 20

Part of speech: Verb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

Example: he masterminded the robbery

Meaning 21

Part of speech: Verb

specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

Meaning 22

Part of speech: Verb

command with authority

Example: He directed the children to do their homework

Meaning 23

Part of speech: Verb

give directions to

Example: point somebody into a certain direction; I directed them towards the town hall

Meaning 24

Part of speech: Verb

put an address on (an envelope)