direct
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
guide, manage, or supervise the execution of a plan or activity
Legacy lexicon import
Senses
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plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
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specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
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command with authority
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give directions to
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put an address on (an envelope)
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intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
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point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
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guide the actors in (plays and films)
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lead, as in the performance of a composition
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direct the course
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cause to go somewhere
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take somebody somewhere
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be in charge of
Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
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- pasttense
- directed
- presentparticiple
- directing
- thirdpersonsingular
- directs
- pastparticiple
- directed