directing

di·rect  (d-rkt, d-)

v. di·rect·ed, di·rect·ing, di·rects

v.tr.

1. To manage or conduct the affairs of; regulate.

2. To have or take charge of; control. See Synonyms at conduct.

3. To give authoritative instructions to: directed the student to answer.

4. To cause to move toward a goal; aim. See Synonyms at aim.

5. To show or indicate the way for: directed us to the airport.

6. To cause to move in or follow a straight course: directed their fire at the target.

7. To indicate the intended recipient on (a letter, for example).

8. To address or adapt (remarks, for example) to a specific person, audience, or purpose.

9.

a. To give guidance and instruction to (actors or musicians, for example) in the rehearsal and performance of a work.

b. To supervise the performance of.

v.intr.

1. To give commands or directions.

2. To conduct a performance or rehearsal.

adj.

1. Proceeding without interruption in a straight course or line; not deviating or swerving: a direct route.

2. Straightforward and candid; frank: a direct response.

3. Having no intervening persons, conditions, or agencies; immediate: direct contact; direct sunlight.

4. Effected by action of the voters, rather than through elected representatives or delegates: direct elections.

5. Being of unbroken descent; lineal: a direct descendant of the monarch.

6. Consisting of the exact words of the writer or speaker: a direct quotation; direct speech.

7. Lacking compromising or mitigating elements; absolute: direct opposites.

8. Mathematics Varying in the same manner as another quantity, especially increasing if another quantity increases or decreasing if it decreases.

9. Astronomy Designating west-to-east motion of a planet in the same direction as the sun's movement against the stars.

10. Sports Being a free kick in soccer by which a goal can be scored without the ball being touched by a second player.

adv.

Straight; directly.

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[Middle English directen, from Latin drigere, drct-, to give direction to : d-, dis-, apart; see dis- + regere, to guide; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

directing - showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress" directive, guiding, directional leading - going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"