Definition of: direct

(di·rekt′, dī-) v.t.
1. To control or conduct the affairs of; manage; govern.
2. To order or instruct with authority; command: often with a clause as object.
3. Music To lead as a conductor.
4. To tell (someone) the way.
5. To cause to move, face, or go in a desired direction; aim: He directed his gaze toward her.
6. To indicate the destination of, as a letter.
7. To intend, as remarks or insults, to be heard by a person; address: Did you direct that remark at me?
—v.i.
8. To give commands or guidance.
9. To lead performances, musicians, etc. See synonyms under DICTATE, GOVERN, LEAD, REGULATE.
—adjective
1. Having or being the straightest course; straight; shortest; nearest.
2. Free from intervening agencies or conditions; immediate; exact; in the speaker's words: direct discourse.
3. Straightforward, as in meaning, statement or intention; unambiguous; candid; plain.
4. Of succession, lineal: opposed to collateral.
5. Electr. a Continuous as opposed to alternating, as a current. b Having the same direction as the primary: said of an induced current: opposed to inverse.
6. Astron. Designating motion on the celestial sphere from west toward east, in the direction of the sun's movement among the stars: opposed to retrograde.
7. Chem. Of or pertaining to dyes applied to fabrics without the use of mordants; substantive. See synonyms under IMMEDIATE, RIGHT.
—adverb By direct course: directly.
—noun Music A mark ( or ) at the end of a line or page of music indicating the position of the first note on the next. [<L directus, pp. of dirigere <dis- apart + regere set straight]