direct
Proceeding without deviation or interruptionProceeding without deviation or interruption.
» Your questions were too direct.
Deine Fragen waren zu direkt.
Ihre Fragen waren zu direkt.
Твои вопросы были слишком прямолинейны.
Ваши вопросы были слишком прямолинейны.
Твої питання були занадто прямі.
Meaning
9 sensesProceeding without deviation or interruption.
direkt, unmittelbar
прямо́йprjamój, непосре́дственныйneposrédstvennyj, постоя́нныйpostojánnyj
прями́йprjamýj, безпосере́днійbezposerédnij
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
the most direct route between two buildings
Straightforward; sincere.
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
being an immediate result or consequence
In the line of descent; not collateral.
a descendant in the direct line
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
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.
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
Pertaining to, or effected immediately by, action of the people through their votes instead of through one or more representatives or delegates.
direct nomination; direct legislation
Having a single flight number.
Not employing the law of the excluded middle or argument by contradiction.
Examples
408 sentencesYour questions were too direct.
Твої питання були занадто прямі.
ruТвои вопросы были слишком прямолинейны.
deDeine Fragen waren zu direkt.
Is it a direct flight?
Це прямий рейс?
ruЭто прямой рейс?
deIst es ein Direktflug?
Tom is often too direct.
Том часто занадто прямолінійний.
ruТом часто слишком прямолинеен.
Tom is direct.
Том прямолінійний.
ruТом прямолинеен.
He is very direct about it.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”),Borrowed from Latin dīrēctus, perfect passive participle of dīrigō (“straighten, direct”), from dis- (“asunder, in pieces, apart, in two”) + regō (“make straight, rule”). Compare dress. Doublet of derecho.
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Forms
more direct, most direct| Comparative | more direct Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most direct Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
8 synonyms- lacking compromising or mitigating elements:exact
- having no intervening persons, agents, conditions:unmediated
- in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker:verbatim
- in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child:lineal
Antonyms
4 antonymsWord family
61 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
3 patterns- a direct order
- direct order
- direct flight