Direct vs. Indirect

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Directadjective

Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

Directadjective

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.

Directadjective

Straightforward; sincere.

Directadjective

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

Directadjective

In the line of descent; not collateral.

Directadjective

(astronomy) In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.

Directadjective

(political science) Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.

Directadjective

having a single flight number.

Directadverb

Directly.

Directverb

To manage, control, steer.

Directverb

To aim (something) at (something else).

Directverb

To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.

Directverb

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

Directverb

(dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.

Directadjective

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

Directadjective

Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.

Directadjective

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

Directadjective

In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.

Directadjective

In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; - said of the motion of a celestial body.

Directadjective

Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates; as, direct nomination, direct legislation.

Directverb

To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.

Directverb

To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.

Directverb

To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.

Directverb

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.

Directverb

To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.

Directverb

To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.

Directnoun

A character, thus [ ], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.

Directverb

command with authority;

Directverb

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal;

Directverb

guide the actors in (plays and films)

Directverb

be in charge of

Directverb

take somebody somewhere;

Directverb

cause to go somewhere;

Directverb

aim or direct at; as of blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment;

Directverb

lead, as in the performance of a composition;

Directverb

give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction;

Directverb

specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

Directverb

direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

Directverb

put an address on (an envelope, for example)

Directverb

plan and direct (a complex undertaking);

Directadjective

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

Directadjective

immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening;

Directadjective

extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action;

Directadjective

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;

Directadjective

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

Directadjective

similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;

Directadjective

of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating;

Directadjective

as an immediate result or consequence;

Directadjective

in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;

Directadjective

effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives;

Directadjective

exact;

Directadverb

without deviation;

Directadjective

extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping

Directadjective

(of apparent planetary motion) proceeding from west to east in accord with actual motion.

Directadjective

without intervening factors or intermediaries

Directadjective

(of light or heat) proceeding from a source without being reflected or blocked

Directadjective

(of genealogy) proceeding in continuous succession from parent to child

Directadjective

(of a quotation) taken from someone's words without being changed.

Directadjective

(of taxation) levied on income or profits rather than on goods or services.

Directadjective

complete (used for emphasis)

Directadjective

(of a person or their behaviour) going straight to the point; frank

Directadjective

(of evidence or proof) bearing immediately and unambiguously upon the facts at issue

Directadjective

perpendicular to a surface; not oblique

Directadverb

with no one or nothing in between

Directadverb

by a straight route or without breaking a journey

Directverb

control the operations of; manage or govern

Directverb

supervise and control (a film, play, or other production, or the actors in it)

Directverb

train and conduct (a group of musicians).

Directverb

aim (something) in a particular direction or at a particular person

Directverb

tell or show (someone) how to get somewhere

Directverb

address or give instructions for the delivery of (a letter or parcel)

Directverb

focus (one's thoughts) on or address (one's efforts) towards something.

Directverb

address a comment to or aim a criticism at

Directverb

target a product or advertisement specifically at (someone)

Directverb

guide or advise in a course or decision

Directverb

give (someone) an official order or authoritative instruction

Indirectadjective

Not direct; roundabout.

Indirectnoun

(finance) An indirect cost.

Indirectverb

To access by means of indirection; to dereference.

Indirectadjective

Not direct; not straight or rectilinear; deviating from a direct line or course; circuitous; as, an indirect road.

Indirectadjective

Not tending to an aim, purpose, or result by the plainest course, or by obvious means, but obliquely or consequentially; by remote means; as, an indirect accusation, attack, answer, or proposal.

Indirectadjective

Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.

Indirectadjective

Not resulting directly from an act or cause, but more or less remotely connected with or growing out of it; as, indirect results, damages, or claims.

Indirectadjective

Not reaching the end aimed at by the most plain and direct method; as, an indirect proof, demonstration, etc.

Indirectadjective

having intervening factors or persons or influences;

Indirectadjective

not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination;

Indirectadjective

descended from a common ancestor but through different lines;

Indirectadjective

extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action;

Indirectadjective

not as a direct effect or consequence;

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