direct
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
- 2.
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
the most direct route between two buildings
- 3.
Straightforward; sincere.
- 4.
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
- 5.
In the line of descent; not collateral.
a descendant in the direct line
- 6.
(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.
- 7.
(political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
direct nomination; direct legislation
- 8.
(aviation, travel) Having a single flight number.
- 9.
(mathematics, logic, of a proof) Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
Directly.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To manage, control, steer.
to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
- 2.
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.
- 3.
To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer.
He directed me to the left-hand road.
Đồng nghĩa: point
- 4.
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.
She directed them to leave immediately.
- 5.
(dated)To address (a letter) to a particular person or place.
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Nguồn gốc từ
ine-pro Borrowed from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (straighten, direct), from dis- (asunder, in pieces, apart, in two) + regō (make straight, rule). Compare dress. derecho.