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"m+" } ], "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin dīrectus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho.\nFor the meaning development compare with Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”), отпра́вить (otprávitʹ, “to send, to dispatch, to forward”) connected with пра́вить (právitʹ, “to govern, to rule, to drive, to steer”).", "forms": [ { "form": "directs", "tags": [ "present", "singular", "third-person" ] }, { "form": "directing", "tags": [ "participle", "present" ] }, { "form": "directed", "tags": [ "participle", "past" ] }, { "form": "directed", "tags": [ "past" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": {}, "expansion": "direct (third-person singular simple present directs, present participle directing, simple past and past participle directed)", "name": "en-verb" } ], "hyphenation": [ "di‧rect" ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "related": [ { "word": "adroit" }, { "word": "direction" }, { "word": "directly" }, { "word": "director" }, { "word": "dirge" }, { "word": "dirigible" }, { "word": "dress" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English terms with collocations", "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "text": "to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 2:", "text": "Pent up in Utica he vainly forms\nA poor Epitome of Roman Greatneſs,\nAnd, cover’d with Numidian Guards, directs\nA feeble Army, and an empty Senate,\nRemnants of mighty Battels fought in vain.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To manage, control, steer." ], "links": [ [ "manage", "manage" ], [ "control", "control" ], [ "steer", "steer" ] ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.", "type": "example" }, { "text": "He directed his question to the room in general.", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "To aim (something) at (something else)." ], "links": [ [ "aim", "aim" ] ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples", "Quotation templates to be cleaned" ], "examples": [ { "text": "He directed me to the left-hand road.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1882, John Lubbock, Flowers, Fruits and Leaves:", "text": "the next points to which I will direct your attention", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way." ] }, { "categories": [ "English terms with quotations", "English terms with usage examples" ], "examples": [ { "text": "She directed them to leave immediately.", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:", "text": "I'll first direct my men what they shall do.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order." ] }, { "categories": [ "English dated terms", "English terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 310:", "text": "[A]s I do not know where I shall be, and shall have my letters sent after me as soon as I do know, continue to direct hither.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "To address (a letter) to a particular person or place." ], "links": [ [ "address", "address" ], [ "to", "to#English" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(dated) To address (a letter) to a particular person or place." ], "tags": [ "dated" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt/" }, { "ipa": "/dəˈɹɛkt/" }, { "ipa": "/daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt/" }, { "audio": "En-us-direct.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c7/En-us-direct.ogg/En-us-direct.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/En-us-direct.ogg" }, { "rhymes": "-ɛkt" } ], "translations": [ { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "wajjah", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "وَجَّه" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "qād", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "قَاد" }, { "code": "ast", "lang": "Asturian", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "dirixir" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "rǎkovodja", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "ръководя" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "upravljavam", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "управлявам" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "dirigir" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "dirigere" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "lede" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "gvidi" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "aldirekti" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "ohjata" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "dirixir" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "beaufsichtigen" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "euthúnō", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "εὐθύνω" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "nehél", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "ניהל" }, { "code": "io", "lang": "Ido", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "direktar" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "deachtaigh" }, { "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "treoraigh" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "basqaru", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "басқару" }, { "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "dominor" }, { "code": "enm", "lang": "Middle English", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "dressen" }, { "code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "dirigir" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "edâre kardan", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "اداره کردن" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "roman": "râyânidan", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "رایانیدن" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "kierować" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "dirigir" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "upravljátʹ", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "управля́ть" }, { "code": "sa", "lang": "Sanskrit", "roman": "rāṣṭi", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "राष्टि" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "riadiť" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "dirigir" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "leda" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "styra" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "keruvaty", "sense": "to manage, control, steer", "word": "керувати" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔaḵraja", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film", "word": "أَخْرَجَ" }, { "code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film", "word": "reĝisori" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film", "word": "rendez" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "rejisserlık etu", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film", "word": "режиссерлік ету" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "reżyserować" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "wyreżyserować" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "režissirovatʹ", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film", "word": "режиссировать" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film", "word": "režírovať" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film", "word": "regissera" }, { "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ʔaḵraja", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play", "word": "أَخْرَجَ" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play", "word": "inscenesætte" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play", "word": "mettre en scène" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play", "word": "inszenieren" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play", "word": "rendez" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play", "word": "sette i scene" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "inscenizować" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "zainscenizować" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play", "word": "režírovať" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "upǎtvam", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "упътвам" }, { "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "nasočvam", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "насочвам" }, { "code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "adreçar" }, { "code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "rette" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "tähdätä" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apefthýno", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "απευθύνω" }, { "code": "el", "english": "at a person", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "apefthýnomai", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "απευθύνομαι" }, { "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "kivén", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "כיוון" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "közdeu", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "көздеу" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "kezeu", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "кезеу" }, { "code": "kk", "lang": "Kazakh", "roman": "bağyttau", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "бағыттау" }, { "code": "ky", "lang": "Kyrgyz", "roman": "jöndöö", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "жөндөө" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "whakangoto" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "note": "of a gun", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "whakakeko" }, { "code": "enm", "lang": "Middle English", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "dressen" }, { "code": "fa", "lang": "Persian", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "هدایت کردن" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to aim at", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "kierować" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "direcionar" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "napravljátʹ", "sense": "to aim at", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "направля́ть" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "naprávitʹ", "sense": "to aim at", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "напра́вить" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nacélivatʹ", "sense": "to aim at", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "наце́ливать" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "nacélitʹ", "sense": "to aim at", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "наце́лить" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "mieriť" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "namieriť" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "adresovať" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "upriamiť" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "rikta" }, { "code": "uk", "lang": "Ukrainian", "roman": "skerovuvaty", "sense": "to aim at", "word": "скеровувати" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to order", "word": "ordonner" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to order", "word": "befehlen" }, { "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "suntássō", "sense": "to order", "word": "συντάσσω" }, { "code": "pdt", "lang": "Plautdietsch", "sense": "to order", "word": "befälen" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to order", "tags": [ "imperfective" ], "word": "kazać" }, { "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "to order", "tags": [ "perfective" ], "word": "nakazać" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to order", "word": "nariadiť" }, { "code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to order", "word": "nariaďovať" } ], "word": "direct" }
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