direct

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for direct

direct 🔊 /dɚɛˈkt or dajɹɛˈkt or dɪɹɛˈkt/

direct : ය

direct : කෙලින් පිහිටි

direct : අණ දෙනවා

direct : කෙලින් පැවති

direct : නොවක්

direct : උද්දේශනය කරනවා

direct : ක්‍රමය පෙන්වනවා

direct : එල්ල කරනවා

direct : මෙහෙයවනවා

direct : අනුලෝම

direct : පැහැදිලි

direct : එකෙලි

direct : අධ්‍යක්ෂණය කරනවා

direct : අණ කරනවා

direct : කෙළින්ම

direct : නිර්දේශ කරනවා

direct : නොවරදින

direct : ඇද නැති

direct : මග පෙන්වනවා

direct : කියා දෙනවා

direct : නියම කරනවා

direct definition

Adjective.

  1. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
  2. Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
  3. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
  4. In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.
  5. 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.

Transitive verb.

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.
  5. 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.

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

Noun. 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.