Word
Direct
How many syllables?
2 Syllables
How it's divided?
di-rect
Definition
- a. - Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by
the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct
means.
- a. - Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from
truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
- a. - Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
- a. - In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in
the direct line.
- a. - 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.
- v. t. - To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a
mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a
piece of ordnance.
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