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📖 Определения и значения для слова direct

📒 going in the straightest line between two places without stopping or changing direction

  • the most direct route
  • This door allows direct access from the kitchen to the garage.
  • a direct flight (= a flight that does not stop)

📒 happening or done without involving other people, actions, etc. in between

  • She has been in direct contact with the prime minister.
  • Clinical depression is thought to have a direct link to brain chemistry.
  • There is a direct connection between these two phenomena.

📒 with nothing between something and the source of the heat or light

  • The plant should not be placed in direct sunlight.
  • Grilling involves subjecting the food to direct heat.
  • Blinds shade the south-facing room from direct sunlight.

📒 saying exactly what you mean in a way that nobody can pretend not to understand

  • I asked him a direct question: ‘Did you do it?’
  • He would not give a direct answer.
  • Her response is refreshingly direct.

📒 clearly showing something

  • There is no direct evidence for the beneficial effects of these herbs.
  • This information has a direct bearing on (= is closely connected with) the case.
  • There was no direct proof of his personal involvement.

📒 exact

  • That's the direct opposite of what you told me yesterday.
  • a direct quote (= one using a person’s exact words)

📒 related through parents and children rather than brothers, sisters, aunts, etc.

  • a direct descendant of the country’s first president
  • With his death, the direct male line of the House of Capet came to an end.
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