direct, adj.
freq. cnt. 44
freq. cnt. 44
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23
direct
sample sentences
"a direct route""a direct flight"
"a direct hit"
lexical pointers
antonym
semantic pointers
also see
attribute
similar to
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16
direct unmediated
sample sentences
"in direct sunlight""in direct contact with the voters"
"direct exposure to the disease"
"a direct link"
"the direct cause of the accident"
"direct vote"
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similar to
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
direct
sample sentences
"a direct question""a direct response"
"a direct approach"
lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
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direct
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
<adj.all>
direct
sample sentences
"direct current"
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domain of synset (topic)
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
<adj.all>
direct
sample sentences
"a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)"
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moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
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direct
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in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
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direct verbatim
sample sentences
"a direct quotation""repeated their dialog verbatim"
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similar to
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
<adj.all>
direct lineal
sample sentences
"lineal ancestors""lineal heirs"
"a direct descendant of the king"
"direct heredity"
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also see
similar to
being an immediate result or consequence
<adj.all>
direct
sample sentences
"a direct result of the accident"
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derivationally related form
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