direct

direct - verb

command with authority
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
guide the actors in (plays and films)
be in charge of
take somebody somewhere
cause to go somewhere
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
lead, as in the performance of a composition
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
put an address on (an envelope)
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

direct - adjective

direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
being an immediate result or consequence
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact

direct - adverb