DIRECT

By SovConn | July 14, 2014

direct (di-rekt), adj.1. (Of a thing) straight; undeviating <a direct line>.2. (Of a thing or a

person) straightforward <a direct manner> <direct instructions>.3. Free from extraneous influence;

immediate <direct injury>.4. Of or relating to passing in a straight line of descent, as distinguished

from a collateral line <a direct descendant> <a direct ancestor>.5. (Of a political action) effected

by the public immediately, not through representatives <direct resolution> <direct nomination>.

direct,n. See DIRECT EXAMINATION.

direct,vb.1. To aim (something or someone).2. To cause (something or someone) to move on

a particular course. 3. To guide (something or someone); to govern. 4. To instruct (someone) with

authority. 5. To address (something or someone). [Blacks Law 8th]