direct
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
guide, manage, or supervise the execution of a plan or activity
Framework senses
- §1
- plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
- §2
- specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
- §3
- command with authority
- §4
- give directions to
- §5
- put an address on (an envelope)
- §6
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- §7
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- §8
- guide the actors in (plays and films)
- §9
- lead, as in the performance of a composition
- §10
- direct the course
- §11
- cause to go somewhere
- §12
- take somebody somewhere
- §13
- be in charge of