directer Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. adjective direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
   direct.
   
   • a direct route
   • a direct flight
   • a direct hit
2. adjective satellite having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
   unmediated; direct.
   
   • 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
3. adjective straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
   direct.
   
   • a direct question
   • a direct response
   • a direct approach
4. adjective in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
   lineal; direct.
   
   • lineal ancestors
   • lineal heirs
   • a direct descendant of the king
   • direct heredity
5. adjective moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
   direct.
   
6. adjective similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
   direct.
   
   • a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
7. adjective (of a current) flowing in one direction only
   direct.
   
   • direct current
8. adjective satellite being an immediate result or consequence
   direct.
   
   • a direct result of the accident
9. adjective satellite in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
   direct; verbatim.
   
   • a direct quotation
   • repeated their dialog verbatim
10. adjective satellite lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
    direct.
    
    • the direct opposite

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