direct
/daɪˈɹɛkt/ verb B1- To manage, control, steer. · to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
- To aim (something) at (something else). · They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.· He directed his question to the room in general.
- To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; to refer. · He directed me to the left-hand road.
- To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order. · She directed them to leave immediately.
- To address (a letter) to a particular person or place.
He/she/it directs · Past directed · Past participle directed · -ing form directing
Verb forms
- Base form
- direct
- He/she/it
- directs
- Past
- directed
- Past participle
- directed
- -ing form
- directing
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“Yes; his brother, Colonel Valentine Walter, has testified to his departure from Woolwich, and Admiral Sinclair to his arrival in London; so Sir James is no longer a direct factor in the problem.”
“On the contrary, sir,—on the contrary,” said Louis XVIII., “this affair seems to me to have a decided connection with that which occupies our attention, and the death of General Quesnel will, perhaps, put us on the direct track of a great internal conspiracy.” At the name of General Quesnel, Villefort trembled.
They evidently failed to appreciate the fact, which I had begun to realize, that Sherlock Holmes’ smallest actions were all directed towards some definite and practical end.
Well, then, see, here is a gentleman who had none of these resources at his disposal—a gentleman, only a simple magistrate, who learned more than you with all your police, and who would have saved my crown, if, like you, he had the power of directing a telegraph.” The look of the minister of police was turned with concentrated spite on Villefort, who bent his head in modest triumph.
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