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Dictionary: di·rect (dĭ-rĕkt', dī-) pronunciation

v., -rect·ed, -rect·ing, -rects.

v.tr.

To manage or conduct the affairs of; regulate.
To have or take charge of; control. See synonyms at conduct.
To give authoritative instructions to: directed the student to answer.
To cause to move toward a goal; aim. See synonyms at aim.
To show or indicate the way for: directed us to the airport.
To cause to move in or follow a straight course: directed their fire at the target.
To indicate the intended recipient on (a letter, for example).
To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.
1. To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.
2. To supervise the performance of.

v.intr.

To give commands or directions.
To conduct a performance or rehearsal.

adj.

Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving: a direct route.
Straightforward and candid; frank: a direct response.
Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate: direct contact; direct sunlight.
Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates: direct elections.
Being of unbroken descent; lineal: a direct descendant of the monarch.
Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker: a direct quotation; direct speech.
Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute: direct opposites.
Mathematics. Varying in the same manner as another quantity, especially increasing if another quantity increases or decreasing if it decreases.
Astronomy. Designating west-to-east motion of a planet in the same direction as the sun's movement against the stars.
Sports. Being a free kick in soccer by which a goal can be scored without the ball being touched by a second player.

adv.

Straight; directly.

[Middle English directen, from Latin dīrigere, dīrēct-, to give direction to : dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + regere, to guide.]

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To have charge of (the affairs of others): administer, administrate, govern, head, manage, run, superintend, supervise. See over/under.
To control the course of (an activity): carry on, conduct, manage, operate, run, steer. See over/under.
To exercise authority or influence over: control, dominate, govern, rule. Idioms: be at the helm, be in the driver's seat, hold sway over, hold the reins. See over/under.
To give orders to: bid, charge, command, enjoin, instruct, order, tell. See over/under, words.
To devote (oneself or one's efforts): address, apply, bend, buckle down, concentrate, dedicate, devote, focus, give, turn. See collect/distribute, work/play.
To show the way to: conduct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, route, shepherd, show, steer, usher. See show/hide.
To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something: aim, cast, head, level, point, set¹, train, turn, zero in. Military lay¹. See seek/avoid.
To mark (a written communication) with its destination: address, superscribe. See start/end.

adjective

Proceeding or lying in an uninterrupted line or course: straight, straightforward, through. See straight/bent.
Manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech: candid, downright, forthright, frank, honest, ingenuous, man-to-man, open, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, straight-out, unreserved. Informal straight-from-the-shoulder, straight-shooting. See clear/unclear, show/hide.
Marked by the absence of any intervention: firsthand, immediate, primary. See clear/unclear, near/far/distance.
Of unbroken descent or lineage: lineal. See continue/stop/pause.

adverb

In a direct line: dead, directly, due, right, straight, straightaway. See straight/bent.
With precision or absolute conformity: bang, dead, directly, exactly, fair, flush, just, precisely, right, smack¹, square, squarely, straight. Slang smack-dab. See precise/imprecise.

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adj

Definition: face-to-face; next to
Antonyms: indirect

adj

Definition: honest
Antonyms: devious, dishonest, indirect, wily

adj

Definition: undeviating; uninterrupted
Antonyms: changing, deviating, indirect, intermittent, interrupted, varying

v

Definition: give instructions; teach
Antonyms: misguide, mislead

v

Definition: manage, oversee
Antonyms: misguide, mismanage, neglect

v

Definition: point in a direction; guide
Antonyms: diverge, misdirect

Dental Dictionary: direct

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(dīrekt′)
adj

Relating to any restorative procedure performed directly on a tooth without the use of a die (for example, a wax pattern formed in the prepared cavity), silver amalgam, or one of the powdered, granular, or foil golds compacted into a prepared cavity.

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Art of coordinating and controlling all elements in the staging of a play or making of a film. Until the late 19th century, a theatrical director was usually the play's leading actor or the company's actor-manager. Today's stage director combines elements such as actors, decor, costumes, and lighting to shape an imaginative interpretation of the playwright's script. The director must understand the art of acting and provide guidance for the actors. The director also composes the "stage pictures," the shifting arrangements of the actors and other elements on the stage. The film director combines the theatrical director's responsibilities with the technical functions of cinematography, editing, and sound recording. See also actor-manager system; auteur theory.

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directing, the art of leading dramatic performances on the stage or in films. The modern theatrical director is in complete charge of all the artistic aspects of a dramatic presentation.

It is the director's first task to discover a central mood or idea in the text of the play to be performed that will serve as a unifying determinant for the interpretation of individual scenes and characters. Then he or she must work out the movement of the actors on stage and the pacing of each line and scene. Finally, the director helps plan the lighting, scenery, sound effects, and musical accompaniment for the production. All the director's efforts are aimed at creating a fully unified aesthetic experience.

For information on motion picture directing, see motion pictures; motion picture photography. See also drama, Western; Asian drama; theater; acting; scene design and stage lighting.

Evolution of Modern Directing

Directing in some form has always existed in the theater. In ancient Greece playwrights trained their chorus and actors, and medieval religious plays had either individual or group directors. During later centuries the stage manager was the forerunner of the director. In England, Madame Vestris and W. C. Macready were the first to place great emphasis on the importance of rehearsing, and they also introduced realistic scenery and acting techniques. The 19th-century interest in realism, coupled with far-reaching technical advances, made indispensable the director's function of integrating the various and increasingly complex aspects of play production.

Approaches to Directing

The beginning of modern directing is commonly associated with the Meiningen Players, a German acting troupe organized in 1874 by George II, duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Under the direction of Ludwig Chronegk, the group worked as a unit, setting an influential example of effective ensemble playing. Leading realistic directors of the late 19th cent. included André Antoine in France, Otto Brahm in Germany, and Constantin Stanislavsky in Russia. The most innovative of these was probably Stanislavsky, who stressed ensemble acting and the importance of actors' absolute identification with their roles.

Almost as soon as realism gained ascendancy, various antirealistic theatrical movements developed, beginning with Paul Fort's Théâtre d'Art (1890). The theories of Adolphe Appia in Germany and Edward Gordon Craig in England encouraged European directors to experiment with symbolic settings. Even conservative directors such as Harley Granville-Barker and Jacques Copeau soon realized that a realistic setting was not essential to the true rendering of a play's meaning.

In addition to producing increased artistic possibilities for directors, the rise of antirealism made the director's practical task of coordinating scene design, lighting, and acting even more essential. A director who experimented successfully with both realism and antirealism was the German Max Reinhardt. Noted for his extravagant productions, he tried to remove the barrier between actors and audience by projecting the stage into the audience and scattering actors among the spectators.

During the 1920s there were several important antirealist directors working in Germany and the Soviet Union, notably Vsevolod Meyerhold, Alexander Tairov, and Erwin Piscator. A disciple of Reinhardt, Piscator worked with the playwright Bertolt Brecht, whose theories have greatly influenced 20th-century theater. In order to emphasize the social and intellectual content of Brecht's plays, Piscator utilized stylized settings and mechanical devices such as motion pictures. Brecht wished to insure the intellectual receptiveness of his audience by making it continually aware that it was watching a play, not reality. To this end he and Piscator took the opposite of the Stanislavsky technique and schooled their actors to alienate themselves from their roles.

During the 19th and early 20th cent., the American theater was dominated by directors specializing in elaborate surface realism, with David Belasco as their prototype. A break from that tendency was made by the Group Theatre (1931-41), with Cheryl Crawford, Lee Strasberg, and Harold Clurman directing plays of social significance and promulgating Stanislavsky's theories of acting. Strasberg's Actors' Studio has produced several generations of theater and film actors devoted to the Stanislavsky technique. Enormous emotional expressiveness was also elicited by José Quintero in his direction of actors at New York's Circle in the Square and in Poland by Jerzy Grotowski in his sparely experimental productions at Wrocław's Polish Laboratory Theatre.

During the 1950s and 60s the emergence of the theater of the absurd and the theater of cruelty granted directors more scope than ever. Many directors, among them Peter Brook, began incorporating music, acrobatics, dance, film, and mime into their productions, whether the plays being performed were by Beckett, Stoppard, or Shakespeare. Theatrical happenings and the orgiastic productions of Julian Beck's Living Theater-replete with audience participation-may be viewed either as giving the director unlimited freedom or as eliminating his function altogether.

The director was commonly of prime importance in the theatrical productions of the late 20th cent. In the Brooks tradition, a number of directors, including America's Peter Sellars, Germany's Peter Stein, France's Ariane Mnouchine, and Poland's Tadeusz Kantor, put their individual and innovative creative stamps on classical and contemporary works. A wide range of approaches and preoccupations characterized late 20th-century directors, including the social concerns of such figures as Brazil's Augusto Boal and Russia's Lev Dodin; the experimentalism of such writer-directors as America's Robert Wilson and Maria Irene Fornes, Canada's Robert Lepage, and Japan's Shuji Terayama; and the varied techniques of such other prominent directors as Jonathan Miller (Great Britain), Yukio Ninagawa (Japan), Lluís Pasqual (Spain), and Julie Taymore (United States).

Bibliography

See E. G. Craig, The Art of the Theatre (1905) and Towards a New Theatre (1913); C. Stanislavsky, My Life in Art (1948); N. Marshall, The Producer and the Play (2d ed. 1962); T. Cole and H. K. Chinov, ed., Directors on Directing (1963); H. Clurman, On Directing (1972); E. Braun, The Director and the Stage (1982); W. Bell, Sense of Direction (1984); A. Bartow, The Dirctor's Voice (1988); D. Bradby and D. Williams, Directors' Theatre (1988); L. E. Catron, The Director's Vision (1989); A. Dean, The Fundamentals of Play Directing (5th ed. 1989); W. J. Robert, Directing in the Theatre (2d ed. 1993); J. W. Frick and S. M. Vallillo, ed., Theatrical Directors (1994); J. Luere and S. Berger, ed., Playwright vs. Director (1994); M. M. Delgado and P. Heritage, ed., In Contact with the Gods?: Directors Talk Theatre (1997).

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

As a verb, to point to; guide; order; command; instruct. To advise; suggest; request. As an adjective, immediate; proximate; by the shortest course; without circuity; operating by an immediate connection or relation, instead of operating through an intermediary; the opposite of indirect. In the usual or regular course or order, as distinguished from that which diverts, interrupts, or opposes. The opposite of cross, contrary, collateral, or remote. Without any intervening medium, agency, or influence; unconditional.

Veterinary Dictionary: direct

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Without intervening steps.

d. antiglobulin test — see direct coombs test.
d. capture ELISA mastitis test — measures polymorphonuclear antigens in milk sample as an indication of elevated milk cell counts and therefore presence of mastitis.
d. contact — see direct contact.
d. costs — see variable costs.
d. effect — the effect of one variable on another without passing through a third variable.
d. immunofluorescence testing — see fluorescence microscopy.
d. oxidative pathway — see pentose phosphate pathway.
d. relationship — see direct relationship.

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IN BRIEF: To guide.

The conductor directed the orchestra in a rousing concert.

Translations: Direct

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - direkte, ligefrem, åben, i grundform, retløbende
adv. - umiddelbart, direkte
v. tr. - lede, dirigere, pålægge, stile, vise, styre, rette mod, instruere
v. intr. - arbejde som filminstruktør

idioms:

direct access direkte tilgang
direct action direkte aktion
direct address direkte adresse
direct broadcast satellite direkte satellitudsendelse, direkte satellit signaler
direct current jævnstrøm
direct debit betalingsservice
direct hit fuldtræffer
direct mail direkte post
direct marketing direkte påvirkning af slutbrugeren
direct object direkte objekt
direct rule direkte styreform
direct speech direkte tale
direct tax direkte skat

Nederlands (Dutch)
leiden, dirigeren, het bevel voeren, adresseren, richten, de weg wijzen, bestemmen, regisseren, sturen, opdracht geven, direct, rechtstreeks, uit de eerste hand

Français (French)
adj. - direct, immédiat, catégorique, absolu, imminent, franc, (Comput) direct, (Élec) continu, (Mil) au but, (Astron) direct, (Ling) (complément d'objet direct)
adv. - directement
v. tr. - adresser (à), diriger (sur), gouverner, gérer, administrer (affaires), guider (des mouvements), (Théât) mettre en scène, (Cin, Radio, TV) réaliser, diriger (groupe d'acteurs)
v. intr. - (Cin, Radio, TV) réaliser, (Théât) mettre en scène

idioms:

direct access (Comput) accès direct
direct action action directe
direct address (Comput) adressage direct
direct broadcast satellite satellite de diffusion directe
direct current (Élec) courant continu
direct debit (Comm) prélèvement
direct hit (Mil) coup au but
direct mail publipostage
direct marketing marketing direct
direct object (Ling) complément d'objet direct
direct rule (Pol) administration directe (par le gouvernement central)
direct speech discours ou style direct
direct tax impôt direct

Deutsch (German)
v. - leiten, dirigieren, lenken, richten, anweisen, Regie führen, inszenieren
adj. - direkt, unmittelbar
adv. - direkt, unmittelbar

idioms:

direct access (EDV) Direktzugriff
direct action direkte Aktion
direct address (EDV) Direktadresse
direct broadcast satellite direkte Satellitensendung
direct current (electr.) Gleichstrom
direct debit Abbuchung aufgrund Einzugsermächtigung
direct hit Volltreffer
direct mail Werbesendungen, Direktversand
direct marketing Werbesendungen, Direktvertrieb
direct object (ling.) direktes Objekt
direct rule Regierung von zentraler Stelle aus
direct speech (ling.) direkte Rede
direct tax direkte Steuer

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κατευθύνω, απευθύνω, διευθύνω, χειρίζομαι (κν. κουμαντάρω, διοικώ), εστιάζω, στρέφω (προς), εντέλλομαι, διατάζω, σκηνοθετώ, δείχνω
adj. - ευθύς, ίσιος, άμεσος, ειλικρινής, ντόμπρος, απερίφραστος, κατηγορηματικός

idioms:

direct access (τεχνολ.) άμεση προσπέλαση ανάγνωσης (αρχείων) Η/Υ
direct action άμεσες ενέργειες, (καθομ.) συνδικαλιστική κινητοποίηση σε βάρος του κοινού
direct address (Η/Υ) ακριβής διεύθυνση
direct broadcast satellite δορυφόρος άμεσης/ψηφιακής εκπομπής
direct current (ηλεκτρ.) συνεχές ρεύμα
direct debit (οικον.) απευθείας χρέωση λογαριασμού
direct hit εύστοχη βολή, εύστοχο πλήγμα (κν. διάνα)
direct mail διαφημιστικό υλικό που ταχυδρομείται σε ιδιώτες
direct marketing προώθηση διαφημιστικού υλικού μέσω ταχυδρομείου
direct object (γραμμ.) άμεσο αντικείμενο
direct rule άμεση διακυβέρνηση (από την κεντρική εξουσία)
direct speech (γραμμ.) ευθύς λόγος
direct tax άμεσος φόρος

Italiano (Italian)
dirigere, condurre, diretto, frontale

idioms:

direct access accesso diretto
direct action azione diretta
direct address indirizzo dati
direct current corrente continua
direct debit saldo a mezzo banca
direct hit colpo diretto
direct mail posta pubblicitaria
direct marketing vendita diretta
direct object complemento oggetto
direct rule amministrazione centralizzata
direct speech discorso diretto
direct tax imposta diretta

Português (Portuguese)
v. - dirigir
adj. - direto

idioms:

direct access acesso (m) direto
direct action ação (f) direta
direct address falar diretamente a, endereço
direct current corrente (f) contínua
direct debit débito (m) direto
direct hit soco (m) direto, golpe (m) preciso
direct mail mala (f) direta
direct marketing marketing (m) direto
direct object objeto (m) direto
direct rule ordem (f) direta
direct speech palavras (f pl) textuais
direct tax imposto (m) direto

Русский (Russian)
направлять, вести, ставить, прямой, непосредственный

idioms:

direct access непосредственный доступ
direct action открытые действия
direct address прямой адрес
direct current постоянный ток
direct debit автоматически дебетовать
direct hit прямой удар
direct mail рекламные листовки и буклеты
direct marketing прямой маркетинг
direct object прямое дополнение
direct rule прямое правление, без избирательных учреждений
direct speech прямая речь
direct tax прямой налог

Español (Spanish)
adj. - frontal, abierto, franco
adv. - frontal, abierto, franco, frontalmente, abiertamente, francamente
v. tr. - encabezar, guiar, gobernar, controlar, dirigir, enfocar, apuntar
v. intr. - guiar, gobernar, dirigir, franco, comandar

idioms:

direct access acceso directo
direct action acción directa
direct address dirección directa
direct broadcast satellite difusión directa satelital
direct current corriente continua
direct debit domiciliación bancaria, débito bancario
direct hit impacto directo
direct mail publicidad enviada por correo
direct marketing comercialización directa
direct object complemento directo
direct rule gobierno directo
direct speech estilo o discurso directo
direct tax impuesto directo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - rikta, styra, anvisa, adressera, visa vägen, befalla
adj. - direkt, omedelbar, rakt på sak, tydlig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
直接的, 坦白的, 直接地, 指示, 命令, 指挥, 指导

idioms:

direct access 直接存储, 随机存取
direct action 直接动作, 直接作用
direct address 直接寻址
direct broadcast satellite 直播卫星
direct current 直流电流
direct debit 直接借记, 直接从帐户扣除
direct hit 直接命中
direct mail 直接邮件, 直接邮寄广告
direct marketing 工厂门市部直接销售
direct object 直接宾语
direct rule 直接支配
direct speech 直接引语
direct tax 直接税

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 直接的, 坦白的
adv. - 直接地
v. tr. - 指示, 命令, 指揮
v. intr. - 指導, 指揮

idioms:

direct access 直接存儲, 隨機存取
direct action 直接動作, 直接作用
direct address 直接定址
direct broadcast satellite 直播衛星
direct current 直流電流
direct debit 直接借記, 直接從帳戶扣除
direct hit 直接命中
direct mail 直接郵件, 直接郵寄廣告
direct marketing 工廠門市部直接銷售
direct object 直接受詞
direct rule 直接支配
direct speech 直接引語
direct tax 直接稅

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 곧 바른, 바로 나아가는, 직설적인
adv. - 바로, 직행하여, 봉투 겉면에 적다
v. tr. - 지휘하다, 지시하다, (주의를) 기울이다
v. intr. - 지휘하다, 안내역할을 맡다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 指導する, 管理する, 指図する, 指示する, 宛名を書く, 道を教える, 向ける, 伝える, 監督をつとめる, 取り締まる
adj. - まっすぐな, 直進の, 直接の, 直接投票の, 率直な, 正面の, 順行する, 正の
adv. - まっすぐに, 直接に

idioms:

direct access ランダムアクセス
direct action 直接行動, 直接作用
direct address 直接アドレス
direct current 直流
direct debit 口座引き落とし
direct hit 直撃弾, 直撃
direct mail ダイレクトメール
direct marketing ダイレクトマーケティング
direct object 直接目的語
direct rule 直接支配
direct speech 直接話法
direct tax 直接税

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يدير, يقود, يخرج ( فيلما أو مسرحيه), يدل, يعنون ( رساله) , يأمر (صفه) مستقيم, صريح, مباشر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮ישר, ישיר, ברור, כן, מדויק, שלם‬
adv. - ‮ישר, ישיר, ישירות, היישר‬
v. tr. - ‮הנחה, הדריך, היפנה, כיוון, פיקח, ניהל, ציווה, הורה, ביים‬
v. intr. - ‮הדריך, היפנה, ציווה, הורה, עבד כבמאי‬

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