Dictionary

To manage, control, steer.

Example: to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army

To aim (something) at (something else).

Example: He directed his question to the room in general.

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

Example: He directed me to the left-hand road.

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

Example: She directed them to leave immediately.

Proceeding without deviation or interruption.

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

Example: the most direct route between two buildings

Straightforward; sincere.

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

Directly.