"direct" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt/, /dəˈɹɛkt/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt/ Audio: En-us-direct.ogg Forms: more direct [comparative], most direct [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: 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. For 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dīrectus}} Latin dīrectus, {{doublet|en|derecho}} Doublet of derecho, {{m+|ru|напра́вить||to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point}} Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)
  1. Proceeding without deviation or interruption. Synonyms (proceeding uninterrupted): immediate Translations (straight, constant, without interruption): drejtë (Albanian), مُبَاشِر (mubāšir) [masculine] (Arabic), direutu (Asturian), прамы́ (pramý) (Belarusian), непасрэ́дны (njepasrédny) (Belarusian), пряк (prjak) (Bulgarian), непосре́дствен (neposrédstven) (Bulgarian), directe (Catalan), dret (Catalan), 直接 (zhíjiē) (Chinese Mandarin), didro (Cornish), syth (Cornish), přímý (Czech), direkte (Danish), direct (Dutch), rekta (Esperanto), otse (Estonian), suora (Finnish), direct (French), dret (Friulian), directo (Galician), direkt (German), unmittelbar (German), άμεσος (ámesos) (Greek), απευθείας (apeftheías) (Greek), dirèk (Haitian Creole), सीधा (sīdhā) (Hindi), közvetlen (Hungarian), egyenes (Hungarian), direkt (Hungarian), directe (Interlingua), diretto (Italian), 直接の (chokusetsu no) (alt: ちょくせつの) (Japanese), 직접적 (jikjeopjeok) (Korean), 직접의 (jikjeobui) (Korean), dīrectus (Latin), prorsus (Latin), директен (direkten) (Macedonian), непосреден (neposreden) (Macedonian), horipū (Maori), tohitū (Maori), pūkaka (Maori), arorangi (Maori), direkte (Norwegian Bokmål), direkte (Norwegian Nynorsk), مستقیم (mostaqim) (Persian), راست (râst) (Persian), bezpośredni (Polish), directo (Portuguese), direto (Portuguese), direct (Romanian), прямо́й (prjamój) (Russian), непосре́дственный (neposrédstvennyj) (Russian), постоя́нный (postojánnyj) (note: e.g. current) (Russian), airt (Scots), дѝректан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), не̏посредан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), dìrektan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), nȅposredan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), priamy (Slovak), direkten (Slovene), neposreden (Slovene), directo (Spanish), direkt (Swedish), omedelbar (Swedish), мустақим (mustaqim) (Tajik), doğrudan doğruya (Turkish), прями́й (prjamýj) (Ukrainian), безпосере́дній (bezposerédnij) (Ukrainian), سیدھا (sīdhā) (Urdu), uniongyrchol (Welsh), syth (Welsh), 直接 (⁸zeq-ciq) (Wu Chinese)
    Sense id: en-direct-en-adj-lwRJI1r1 Disambiguation of 'proceeding uninterrupted': 69 6 0 0 2 5 4 6 9 Disambiguation of 'straight, constant, without interruption': 52 28 6 1 2 3 2 2 4
  2. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
    Sense id: en-direct-en-adj-9hnPMK3x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 0 4 4 7 5 8 9 2 5 1 19 20 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 7 13 2 9 5 10 4 10 9 0 3 2 10 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 15 4 2 4 8 5 7 10 0 4 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 3 16 4 3 6 5 6 6 9 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 17 4 3 6 6 5 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 3 16 4 2 5 6 5 5 9 4 3 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 13 3 3 7 7 7 6 8 0 3 1 13 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 3 16 4 3 6 6 6 6 9 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Haitian Creole translations: 6 12 3 3 6 6 5 6 10 0 3 1 14 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 3 14 4 3 5 7 5 6 8 0 4 2 17 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 6 15 2 3 4 7 5 5 12 0 3 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 2 20 0 1 3 6 4 5 9 0 4 2 18 24 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 16 4 3 7 6 5 5 9 1 3 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 15 4 3 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 3 15 4 3 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 3 16 4 3 6 6 6 6 9 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 1 21 2 1 4 5 5 5 10 0 2 1 20 22 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 3 17 2 3 3 7 5 5 9 0 4 2 14 21 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 13 4 2 6 7 5 7 8 0 4 3 15 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 3 17 4 2 6 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 16 19 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 17 0 1 2 5 4 5 9 0 5 3 20 24 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 16 4 2 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 16 4 2 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 15 4 3 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 3 18 2 3 3 7 5 5 10 0 4 2 15 21 3
  3. Straightforward; sincere.
    Sense id: en-direct-en-adj-lD0LY254
  4. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. Synonyms (express, plain, unambiguous): explicit
    Sense id: en-direct-en-adj-ld8tGhRK Disambiguation of 'express, plain, unambiguous': 0 0 7 93 0 0 0 0 0
  5. In the line of descent; not collateral.
    Sense id: en-direct-en-adj-pdtiAotP
  6. (astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body. Categories (topical): Astronomy
    Sense id: en-direct-en-adj-qYJ4KFRg Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 7 13 2 9 5 10 4 10 9 0 3 2 10 13 3 Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
  7. (political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates. Categories (topical): Political science
    Sense id: en-direct-en-adj-RN--zxd9 Topics: political-science, social-sciences
  8. (aviation, travel) Having a single flight number. Categories (topical): Aviation, Travel
  9. (mathematics, logic, of a proof) Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction. Categories (topical): Logic, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-direct-en-adj-kuZTISDI Categories (other): Terms with Hindi translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 6 15 2 3 4 7 5 5 12 0 3 2 14 18 3 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: patent, univocal, explicit

Adverb

IPA: /d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt/, /dəˈɹɛkt/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt/ Audio: En-us-direct.ogg Forms: more direct [comparative], most direct [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: 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. For 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dīrectus}} Latin dīrectus, {{doublet|en|derecho}} Doublet of derecho, {{m+|ru|напра́вить||to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point}} Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)
  1. Directly.
    Sense id: en-direct-en-adv-wO6F9bJ5

Verb

IPA: /d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt/, /dəˈɹɛkt/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt/ Audio: En-us-direct.ogg Forms: directs [present, singular, third-person], directing [participle, present], directed [participle, past], directed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛkt Etymology: 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. For 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”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|dīrectus}} Latin dīrectus, {{doublet|en|derecho}} Doublet of derecho, {{m+|ru|напра́вить||to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point}} Russian напра́вить (naprávitʹ, “to direct, to turn, to aim, to level, to point”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} direct (third-person singular simple present directs, present participle directing, simple past and past participle directed)
  1. To manage, control, steer. Translations (to manage, control, steer): εὐθύνω (euthúnō) (Ancient Greek), وَجَّه (wajjah) (Arabic), قَاد (qād) (Arabic), dirixir (Asturian), ръководя (rǎkovodja) (Bulgarian), управлявам (upravljavam) (Bulgarian), dirigir (Catalan), dirigere (Danish), lede (Danish), gvidi (Esperanto), aldirekti (Esperanto), ohjata (Finnish), dirixir (Galician), beaufsichtigen (German), ניהל (nehél) (Hebrew), direktar (Ido), deachtaigh (Irish), treoraigh (Irish), басқару (basqaru) (Kazakh), dominor (Latin), dressen (Middle English), dirigir (Occitan), اداره کردن (edâre kardan) (Persian), رایانیدن (râyânidan) (Persian), kierować [imperfective] (Polish), dirigir (Portuguese), управля́ть (upravljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), राष्टि (rāṣṭi) (Sanskrit), riadiť (Slovak), dirigir (Spanish), leda (Swedish), styra (Swedish), керувати (keruvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-direct-en-verb-pIKYqEbi Categories (other): English terms with collocations Disambiguation of 'to manage, control, steer': 96 0 2 2 0
  2. To aim (something) at (something else). Translations (to aim at): упътвам (upǎtvam) (Bulgarian), насочвам (nasočvam) (Bulgarian), adreçar (Catalan), rette (Danish), tähdätä (Finnish), απευθύνω (apefthýno) (Greek), απευθύνομαι (apefthýnomai) (english: at a person) (Greek), כיוון (kivén) (Hebrew), көздеу (közdeu) (Kazakh), кезеу (kezeu) (Kazakh), бағыттау (bağyttau) (Kazakh), жөндөө (jöndöö) (Kyrgyz), whakangoto (Maori), whakakeko (note: of a gun) (Maori), dressen (Middle English), هدایت کردن (Persian), kierować [imperfective] (Polish), direcionar (Portuguese), направля́ть (napravljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), напра́вить (naprávitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), наце́ливать (nacélivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), наце́лить (nacélitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), mieriť (Slovak), namieriť (Slovak), adresovať (Slovak), upriamiť (Slovak), rikta (Swedish), скеровувати (skerovuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-direct-en-verb-iTxbv65G Disambiguation of 'to aim at': 13 45 21 22 0
  3. To point out to or show (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.
    Sense id: en-direct-en-verb-NRCzt6pj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 0 4 4 7 5 8 9 2 5 1 19 20 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 15 4 2 4 8 5 7 10 0 4 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 3 16 4 3 6 5 6 6 9 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 17 4 3 6 6 5 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 3 16 4 2 5 6 5 5 9 4 3 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 13 3 3 7 7 7 6 8 0 3 1 13 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 3 16 4 3 6 6 6 6 9 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Haitian Creole translations: 6 12 3 3 6 6 5 6 10 0 3 1 14 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 3 14 4 3 5 7 5 6 8 0 4 2 17 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 6 15 2 3 4 7 5 5 12 0 3 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 10 3 9 7 8 4 9 7 0 2 1 11 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 2 20 0 1 3 6 4 5 9 0 4 2 18 24 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 16 4 3 7 6 5 5 9 1 3 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 15 4 3 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 3 15 4 3 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 3 16 4 3 6 6 6 6 9 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 1 21 2 1 4 5 5 5 10 0 2 1 20 22 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 3 17 2 3 3 7 5 5 9 0 4 2 14 21 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 13 4 2 6 7 5 7 8 0 4 3 15 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 3 17 4 2 6 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 16 19 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 17 0 1 2 5 4 5 9 0 5 3 20 24 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 16 4 2 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 16 4 2 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 15 4 3 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 3 18 2 3 3 7 5 5 10 0 4 2 15 21 3
  4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order. Translations (to order): συντάσσω (suntássō) (Ancient Greek), ordonner (French), befehlen (German), befälen (Plautdietsch), kazać [imperfective] (Polish), nakazać [perfective] (Polish), nariadiť (Slovak), nariaďovať (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-direct-en-verb-DOayUwt5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Cornish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Friulian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Haitian Creole translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Interlingua translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Scots translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Urdu translations, Terms with Welsh translations, Terms with Wu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 0 4 4 7 5 8 9 2 5 1 19 20 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 14 0 1 1 4 4 5 6 0 4 3 16 35 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 4 14 4 2 6 6 5 5 8 0 3 2 14 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 7 13 2 9 5 10 4 10 9 0 3 2 10 13 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 3 15 4 2 4 8 5 7 10 0 4 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 3 16 4 3 6 5 6 6 9 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 3 14 4 3 7 6 6 6 8 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 14 4 2 7 6 6 7 8 0 6 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 3 17 4 3 6 6 5 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 3 16 4 2 5 6 5 5 9 4 3 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 4 13 3 3 7 7 7 6 8 0 3 1 13 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 2 16 3 2 5 6 5 5 9 0 3 1 16 24 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 15 0 2 3 5 4 5 8 0 6 4 17 23 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 2 19 0 1 3 6 4 5 10 0 4 2 17 24 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 4 13 4 2 6 6 5 5 7 0 3 2 14 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 14 4 3 7 6 6 6 8 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 15 0 1 2 6 5 7 7 0 6 4 17 23 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Friulian translations: 3 16 4 3 6 6 6 6 9 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 15 4 3 6 6 6 6 8 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 16 2 3 4 6 5 6 8 0 4 2 15 22 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 7 11 0 10 4 8 4 10 7 0 4 3 13 16 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Haitian Creole translations: 6 12 3 3 6 6 5 6 10 0 3 1 14 16 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 3 14 4 3 5 7 5 6 8 0 4 2 17 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 6 15 2 3 4 7 5 5 12 0 3 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 10 3 9 7 8 4 9 7 0 2 1 11 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 2 18 0 1 3 6 4 5 8 0 4 2 19 25 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Interlingua translations: 2 20 0 1 3 6 4 5 9 0 4 2 18 24 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 3 16 4 3 7 6 5 5 9 1 3 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 2 17 0 1 3 6 4 5 8 0 5 3 18 25 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 17 0 1 3 6 4 5 8 0 5 3 18 25 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 4 14 4 2 6 6 5 5 8 0 3 2 14 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 3 15 4 3 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 3 15 4 3 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 2 17 0 1 3 6 4 5 8 0 5 3 18 25 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 4 13 4 2 6 6 5 5 7 0 3 2 14 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 4 13 1 6 5 13 4 9 7 1 3 2 12 17 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 3 16 4 3 6 6 6 6 9 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 3 14 0 3 3 5 4 6 13 5 4 3 15 20 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 4 14 5 3 8 6 6 6 8 0 4 2 14 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 1 21 2 1 4 5 5 5 10 0 2 1 20 22 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 3 14 4 3 7 6 6 6 8 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 3 17 2 3 3 7 5 5 9 0 4 2 14 21 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 4 13 4 2 6 6 5 6 7 1 3 2 14 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 1 17 0 1 2 5 3 4 8 0 3 2 15 37 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 4 13 4 2 6 7 5 7 8 0 4 3 15 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 3 13 3 2 7 7 4 4 7 0 8 1 13 18 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 14 4 3 7 6 6 6 8 0 4 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 2 16 0 1 3 5 4 5 8 0 4 2 17 29 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 3 16 2 3 4 7 5 6 9 0 4 2 15 22 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Scots translations: 3 17 4 2 6 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 16 19 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 4 14 3 2 6 6 5 5 8 0 3 2 14 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 4 13 4 2 6 6 5 5 7 0 3 2 14 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 4 14 4 2 6 6 5 5 8 0 3 2 14 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 2 17 0 1 2 5 4 5 9 0 5 3 20 24 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 16 4 2 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 4 14 4 2 6 6 5 5 8 0 3 2 14 17 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 3 16 4 2 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 19 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 3 15 4 3 7 6 6 5 9 0 3 2 15 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 3 18 2 3 3 7 5 5 10 0 4 2 15 21 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 3 16 0 1 2 5 4 5 8 0 6 4 17 24 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Wu translations: 2 17 0 1 3 6 4 5 8 0 5 3 18 25 3 Disambiguation of 'to order': 1 0 18 81 0
  5. (dated) To address (a letter) to a particular person or place. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-direct-en-verb-g7oHXNPb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: adroit, direction, directly, director, dirge, dirigible, dress Translations (to be in charge of the direction of a film): أَخْرَجَ (ʔaḵraja) (Arabic), reĝisori (Esperanto), rendez (Hungarian), режиссерлік ету (rejisserlık etu) (Kazakh), reżyserować [imperfective] (Polish), wyreżyserować [perfective] (Polish), режиссировать (režissirovatʹ) (Russian), režírovať (Slovak), regissera (Swedish) Translations (to be in charge of the direction of a play): أَخْرَجَ (ʔaḵraja) (Arabic), inscenesætte (Danish), mettre en scène (French), inszenieren (German), rendez (Hungarian), sette i scene (Norwegian), inscenizować [imperfective] (Polish), zainscenizować [perfective] (Polish), režírovať (Slovak)
Derived forms: undirect, co-direct, codirect, directability, directable, directee, directrix, misdirect, outdirect, overdirect, overdirecting, redirect, redirective, stereodirect, subdirect, underdirect Disambiguation of 'to be in charge of the direction of a film': 20 0 6 38 37 Disambiguation of 'to be in charge of the direction of a play': 20 0 6 38 37

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "_dis1": "52 28 6 1 2 3 2 2 4",
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          "text": "She directed them to leave immediately.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "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.",
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        "To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order."
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 18 81 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to order",
          "word": "ordonner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 18 81 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to order",
          "word": "befehlen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 18 81 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "suntássō",
          "sense": "to order",
          "word": "συντάσσω"
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        {
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "to order",
          "word": "befälen"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to order",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "kazać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 18 81 0",
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to order",
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "nakazać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 18 81 0",
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          "sense": "to order",
          "word": "nariadiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 0 18 81 0",
          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "to order",
          "word": "nariaďovať"
        }
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        {
          "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"
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        "To address (a letter) to a particular person or place."
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        "(dated) To address (a letter) to a particular person or place."
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      "ipa": "/d(a)ɪˈɹɛkt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dəˈɹɛkt/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/daɪ̯əˈɹɛkt/"
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    {
      "_dis1": "20 0 6 38 37",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḵraja",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
      "word": "أَخْرَجَ"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
      "word": "reĝisori"
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      "_dis1": "20 0 6 38 37",
      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "rendez"
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      "roman": "rejisserlık etu",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
      "word": "режиссерлік ету"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
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      "word": "reżyserować"
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
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      "word": "wyreżyserować"
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      "roman": "režissirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
      "word": "режиссировать"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
      "word": "režírovať"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
      "word": "regissera"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "word": "أَخْرَجَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "20 0 6 38 37",
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "word": "inscenesætte"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "word": "mettre en scène"
    },
    {
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      "word": "inszenieren"
    },
    {
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      "word": "rendez"
    },
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
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    },
    {
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "word": "režírovať"
    }
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
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    "Terms with Belarusian translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Cornish translations",
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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
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    "Terms with French translations",
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    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Haitian Creole translations",
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    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Interlingua translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tajik translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
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    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "Terms with Wu translations"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "direct access"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct action"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct activist"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct air capture"
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    {
      "word": "direct broadcast satellite"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct buffer"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct case"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct cost"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct coupling"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct current"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct cut"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct debit"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct democracy"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct deposit"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct descendant"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct election"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct examination"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct fire"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct flight"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct free kick"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct grant grammar school"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct initiative"
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    {
      "word": "direct intent"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct-inverse marking"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct inward dialing"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct limit"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct mail"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct marketing"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct maternal death"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct message"
    },
    {
      "word": "directness"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct object"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct orange"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct primary"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct product"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct provision"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct question"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct quote"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct registering"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct repeat"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct report"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct response"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct rule"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct selling"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct speech"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct sum"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct system"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct tax"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct-to-consumer"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct-to-DVD"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct-to-home"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct-to-streaming"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct-to-TV"
    },
    {
      "word": "direct-to-video"
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    {
      "word": "direct verb"
    },
    {
      "word": "dreckly"
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    {
      "word": "foreign direct investment"
    },
    {
      "word": "hyperdirect"
    },
    {
      "word": "nondirect"
    },
    {
      "word": "semidirect"
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    {
      "word": "transcranial direct current stimulation"
    },
    {
      "word": "undirect"
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "dīrectus"
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      "name": "bor"
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        "2": "напра́вить",
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  "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”).",
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        "Proceeding without deviation or interruption."
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      "code": "sq",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
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    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
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      "roman": "⁸zeq-ciq",
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      "word": "直接"
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "didro"
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    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "syth"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "přímý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "direkte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "direct"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "rekta"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "otse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "suora"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "direct"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "dret"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "directo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "direkt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "unmittelbar"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "άμεσος"
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    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "apeftheías",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "απευθείας"
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      "code": "ht",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "dirèk"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sīdhā",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "सीधा"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "közvetlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "egyenes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "direkt"
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    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "directe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "diretto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちょくせつの",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chokusetsu no",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "直接の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jikjeopjeok",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "직접적"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jikjeobui",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "직접의"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "dīrectus"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "prorsus"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "директен"
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      "code": "mk",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "horipū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "tohitū"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "pūkaka"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "arorangi"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "direkte"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "direkte"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mostaqim",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "مستقیم"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "bezpośredni"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "directo"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "direct"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "note": "e.g. current",
      "roman": "postojánnyj",
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      "word": "постоя́нный"
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      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "airt"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tg",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
      "word": "doğrudan doğruya"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "ur",
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      "sense": "straight, constant, without interruption",
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      "code": "cy",
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      "code": "cy",
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          "ref": "2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 346:",
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      "word": "co-direct"
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          "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.",
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          "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.",
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      "ipa": "/dəˈɹɛkt/"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "وَجَّه"
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "dirigir"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "dirigere"
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      "word": "aldirekti"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "ohjata"
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "dirixir"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "beaufsichtigen"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "εὐθύνω"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "ניהל"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "direktar"
    },
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "deachtaigh"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "treoraigh"
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      "roman": "basqaru",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "басқару"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "dominor"
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      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "dressen"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "dirigir"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "edâre kardan",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "اداره کردن"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "râyânidan",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "رایانیدن"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
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      "word": "kierować"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "dirigir"
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      "roman": "upravljátʹ",
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      "word": "управля́ть"
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      "code": "sa",
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      "word": "राष्टि"
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "dirigir"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "leda"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "styra"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "keruvaty",
      "sense": "to manage, control, steer",
      "word": "керувати"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʔaḵraja",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
      "word": "أَخْرَجَ"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
      "word": "reĝisori"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
      "word": "rendez"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "rejisserlık etu",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "režissirovatʹ",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a film",
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "ʔaḵraja",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "word": "inscenesætte"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "word": "mettre en scène"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "word": "inszenieren"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "word": "rendez"
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to be in charge of the direction of a play",
      "word": "režírovať"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "upǎtvam",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "упътвам"
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    {
      "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"
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      "code": "el",
      "english": "at a person",
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      "roman": "apefthýnomai",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "απευθύνομαι"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kivén",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "כיוון"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "közdeu",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "көздеу"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "kezeu",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "кезеу"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "bağyttau",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "бағыттау"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "jöndöö",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "жөндөө"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "whakangoto"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "note": "of a gun",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "whakakeko"
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    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "dressen"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "هدایت کردن"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kierować"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to aim at",
      "word": "direcionar"
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    {
      "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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