direct

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

“a direct route”

“a direct flight”

“a direct hit”

having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

“in direct sunlight”

“in direct contact with the voters”

“direct exposure to the disease”

“a direct link”

straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action

“a direct question”

“a direct response”

“a direct approach”

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

“lineal ancestors”

“lineal heirs”

“a direct descendant of the king”

“direct heredity”

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

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)”

without deviation

“the path leads directly to the lake”

“went direct to the office”

command with authority

“He directed the children to do their homework”

“They direct him to write the letter”

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

“He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face”

“criticism directed at her superior”

“direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself”

guide the actors in (plays and films)

“Sam and Sue direct the movie”

govern or manage

take somebody somewhere

“we led him to our chief”

“can you take me to the main entrance?”

“He conducted us to the palace”

cause to go somewhere

“The explosion sent the car flying in the air”

“She sent her children to camp”

“He directed all his energies into his dissertation”