Used in a Sentence

directed

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for directed.

Editorial note

Probably because this is directed at Microsoft in general instead of saying Satya Nadella was directly responsible for the changes.

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Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

In a manner emphasizing one's point of view.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of directed gathered in one view.

adjective

In a manner emphasizing one's point of view.

adjective

(graph theory) Having the properties of a directed graph.

adjective

(set theory) Having the properties of a directed set.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for directed.

Example sentences

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Probably because this is directed at Microsoft in general instead of saying Satya Nadella was directly responsible for the changes.

2

That's thanks to decades of vicious economic policy directed by billionaires like the ones smiling at you in that promotional video.

3

Prop 8 was a campaign of hate directed against a historically maligned minority, designed to prevent that group from gaining acceptance.

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Of particular interest to me was how pedigree collapse transforms our family trees from exponentially growing binary trees into directed acyclic graphs.

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That comment was directed at any readers who clicked on this interested in a more private cloud offering comparable to dedicated servers in isolation.

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Ideally we’re looking for people who are self-directed and like working with cool technologies in ways that haven’t been used before.

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What I like about it conceptually is that in a way it treats light as a field rather than as individual directed rays.

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I suspect Google+, and the cannibalizing of other projects, was directed by Page.

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It's clear what they were doing, the question is will a judge see it as a pattern attempting to defraud Angie's List and were the employees directed to do this or did they do it on their own.

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But from my experience const really helps in enforcing directed graph constraints on logic and data flow which is great - and forces code to be easier to reason about.

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I can see a lot of things that could be considered online harassment campaigns directed _toward_ that group(and anyone they can claim to be associated with them), for certain.

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It is a nice idea and obviously of the very best intentions but I'm afraid it's simply misguided and efforts would be far better directed towards battery plus solar.

Quote examples

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They're indistinguishable from work except retirement "activities" are self-directed, instead of decided by some manager.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use directed in a sentence?

Probably because this is directed at Microsoft in general instead of saying Satya Nadella was directly responsible for the changes.

What does directed mean?

In a manner emphasizing one's point of view.

What part of speech is directed?

directed is commonly used as adjective.