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direct

direct - verb

To have charge of (the affairs of others): administer, administrate, govern, head, manage, run, superintend, supervise. See over.
To control the course of (an activity): carry on, conduct, manage, operate, run, steer. See over.
To exercise authority or influence over: control, dominate, govern, rule. See over.
To give orders to: bid, charge, command, enjoin, instruct, order, tell. See over. words.
To devote (oneself or one's efforts): address, apply, bend, buckle down, concentrate, dedicate, devote, focus, give, turn. See collect. work.
To show the way to: conduct, escort, guide, lead, pilot, route, shepherd, show, steer, usher. See show.
To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something: aim, cast, head, level, point, set, train, turn, zero in. Military lay. See seek.
To mark (a written communication) with its destination: address, superscribe. See start.

Proceeding or lying in an uninterrupted line or course: straight, straightforward, through. See straight.
Manifesting honesty and directness, especially in speech: candid, downright, forthright, frank, honest, ingenuous, man-to-man, open, plainspoken, straight, straightforward, straight-out, unreserved. Informal straight-from-the-shoulder, straight-shooting. See clear. show.
Marked by the absence of any intervention: firsthand, immediate, primary. See clear. near.
Of unbroken descent or lineage: lineal. See continue.