11 example sentences using direct.
Direct used in a sentence
Direct in a sentence as a verb
I can't understand the repeated use of "direct access".
Sleep tight knowing your direct deposit information is in good hands.
"And here's Yahoo: "We do not provide the government with direct access to our servers, systems, or network.
That way, one can quickly scan and see the best comments, but there isn't such a direct relationship as a numerical score.
Direct in a sentence as an adjective
At the time they were enacted it was largely credit reference agencies, public bodies and direct marketing businesses which were in the spotlight.
He was direct and took pains not to ridicule a thirteen year-old for making an entirely age-appropriate mistake in measuring the results.
The fact that women prefer men who are good at socializing is, ironically, direct Darwinian selection for intelligence.
We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer data must get a court order.
Direct in a sentence as an adverb
It's the kind of language a lawyer would use to qualify a patent clause.- We do not provide direct access to our servers.- We do not provide direct access nor is there a backdoor.- O, but we do still pipe all of your data to external NSA servers.
It saved a small number of companies a relatively small amount of money, but was on the net a huge negative for the overall economic because it basically pumped lead directly into the bloodstream of children through their lungs, making them dumber.
However, in the immediately previous paragraph, he noted:> one employee spied on a spouseSo much for automated analysis, besides not being able to filter out US citizens' data it can't even filter out an employee's direct family.
Direct definitions
command with authority; "He directed the children to do their homework"
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)
be in charge of
take somebody somewhere; "We lead 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"
See also: send
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent"
lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction; "I directed them towards the town hall"
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
See also: calculate
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
put an address on (an envelope)
See also: address
plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"
See also: mastermind engineer organize organise orchestrate
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"; "the direct cause of the accident"; "direct vote"
See also: unmediated
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"
See also: lineal
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)"
(of a current) flowing in one direction only; "direct current"
being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker; "a direct quotation"; "repeated their dialog verbatim"
See also: verbatim
lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"