1.direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short;

a direct route

2.immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening;

in direct sunlight

3.extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action;

a direct question

4.in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;

lineal ancestors

5.moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

6.similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;

a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)

7.of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating;

direct current

8.as an immediate result or consequence;

a direct result of the accident

9.in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;

a direct quotation

10. effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives;

many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College

11. exact;

the direct opposite

12.without deviation;

the path leads directly to the lake

1.command with authority;

He directed the children to do their homework

2.intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face

3.guide the actors in (plays and films)

4.be in charge of

5.take somebody somewhere;

We lead him to our chief

6.cause to go somewhere;

The explosion sent the car flying in the air

7.aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

Please don't aim at your little brother!

8.lead, as in the performance of a composition;

conduct an orchestra; Bairenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years

9.give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;

I directed them towards the town hall

10. specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

11. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

12. put an address on (an envelope, for example)

13. plan and direct (a complex undertaking);

he masterminded the robbery