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Definition of direct : 1. A character, thus [], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.
2. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
3. In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; - said of the motion of a celestial body.
4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.
5. Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation.
6. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
7. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
8. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
9. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.
10. To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
11. To point out or show to ( any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left- hand road.
12. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.
13. To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

Synonyms:

instantly, literal, restrain, draw, cultivate, free-spoken, short, mastermind, buckle down, devise, betoken, top, maneuver, guide on, develop, now, speak, send out, remove, forecast, require, contain, plainspoken, pointed, come out, mold, claim, immediate, address, rank, groom, take away, organize, consider, aim, through, purpose, orient, start, come in, reckon, have, consume, shoot, necessitate, designate, focus, repoint, institutionalize, point, directly, transmit, send, get hold of, subscribe to, rate, extend, learn, aspire, influence, bear, hire, position, behave, deport, zero in, look, fill, assume, contract, handle, cast, identify, contribute, give, operate, go, transport, pose, administrate, pass, enjoin, personal, mail, transfer, study, need, call for, seek, flat, manoeuvre, lay, turn to, send off, unionize, route, site, head up, commit, impart, charter, work, moderate, rent, work out, primary, choose, precede, bend, linear, at once, take on, nonstop, shoot for, rail, make, get up, straight off, treat, engage, right away, take aim, read, matrilineal, bet, close, propose, man-to-man, straightaway, locate, like a shot, democratic, cypher, organise, patrilineal, patrilinear, post, check, indicate, forthright, unmediated, condition, set, account, train, leave, get, invest, unilateralist, sharpen, escort, bid, select, air, school, ship, absolute, station, level, strike, compute, channelise, cover, point-blank, acquit, figure, unionise, conduce, get off, localize, words, withdraw, film, turn, beam, subscribe, use up, estimate, bring, collect, channelize, door-to-door, unilateral, zigzag, luff, involve, draw a bead on, purport, result, range, comport, bluff, channel, immediately, count on, reign over, trail, look at, right, place, uninterrupted, call, orchestrate, manoeuver, take up, institutionalise, verbatim, run, prepare, curb, taper, calculate, apply, ask, civilise, firsthand, civilize, admit, broadcast, accost, convey, show, drive, matrilinear, cipher, dedicate, tell, devote, educate, lease, superscribe, submit, chair, take in, pack, coach, occupy, shepherd, depend, upfront, postulate, carry, no-nonsense, count, over, bespeak, deal, pick out, grade, adopt, acquire, plow, accept, concentrate, square, forthwith, signal, take, lineal, machinate, target, carry on, demand, exact, engineer, localise, roundabout, form, shortest, flat-footed, usher, ingest, unvarnished, put, come up to

grasp, grip, coordinate, charge, hold, sway, reign

straight, plumb, unbent, undeviating, unswerving, perpendicular

execute, manage, bridle, preside, rule, order, dominate, lead, superintend, command, govern, oversee, steer, discipline, pilot, supervise, control, administer, harness

conduct, boss, master, Lord

fluent, succinct, articulate, glib, intelligible, eloquent, well-spoken, expressive, smooth, loquacious, lucid, clear

ordinary, folksy, unpoetical, prosaic, uncluttered, stark, informal, unadorned, outspoken, casual, unpretentious

naive, sincere, frank, undeceptive, honest, overt, broad, trusting, downright, unsophisticated, artless, outgoing, callow, candid, undisguised, unbeguiling, natural, unrestrained, plain-spoken, unaffected, open, unartful, plain, blunt, ingenuous, genuine, uncalculating, undeceitful, un-artificial, straightforward, undeceiving

chaste, bald, innocent, crystalline, refined, pure, unadulterated, simple, bare, childlike, spare, uncomplicated, austere, elementary, terse

crisp, coherent, perspicuous, decipherable, legible, self-explanatory, comprehensible, consistent, understandable

head

consult, caution, prompt, instruct, inform, advise, cue, admonish, confer, counsel, suggest, guide, encourage, advocate, warn, notify, recommend, brief

Usage examples:

• Sylvia said nothing in direct reply; Kester almost thought she could not have heard him. - "Sylvia's Lovers -- Complete", Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.
• He walked fairly close to the window this time, keeping well out of the direct line of it, however, and there stood gazing out into the street. - "The Exploits of Elaine", Arthur B. Reeve.
• But this is not direct food for the soul. - "Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy.", Elizabeth P. Peabody Mary Mann.