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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
direct /dɪˈrɛkt, dʌɪ-/

▶adjective

• 1 going from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

  ■ Astronomy & Astrology (of apparent planetary motion) proceeding from west to east in accord with actual motion.

• 2 straightforward; frank.

  ■ (of proof) clear; unambiguous.

• 3 without intervening factors or intermediaries: the complications are a direct result of bacteria spreading.

  ■ (of light or heat) proceeding from a source without being reflected or blocked.

  ■ (of descent) proceeding in continuous succession from parent to child.

• 4 perpendicular to a surface.

▶adverb in a direct way or by a direct route. ▶verb

• 1 control the operations of.

  ■ supervise and control (a film, play, or other production).

• 2 aim in a particular direction or at a particular person.

  ■ tell or show (someone) the way.

• 3 give an order to.

– derivatives
directness noun.

– origin ME: from L. directus, past part. of dirigere, from di- ‘distinctly’ or de- ‘down’ + regere ‘put straight’.