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direct (verb), directs; directed; directing
1. To manage something; to oversee; to preside over: The school administration will supervise, or direct, the use of the library next year.
2. To conduct a group of musicians: The new music teacher at the school will be directing the choir at the concert at the end of the school year.
3. To aim something in a certain direction or at a particular person: The smile on Jack’s face was directed at Jill, his girlfriend!
4. To tell someone how to go someplace: Since Rebecca didn’t know the way to the theater, Lynn, who was in the passenger seat of the car, easily directed her there.
5. To give instructions for the shipment or delivery of a package or written communication: The letter that was in David’s mailbox wasn’t directed to him, but to a friend of his who had a similar name.
2. To conduct a group of musicians: The new music teacher at the school will be directing the choir at the concert at the end of the school year.
3. To aim something in a certain direction or at a particular person: The smile on Jack’s face was directed at Jill, his girlfriend!
4. To tell someone how to go someplace: Since Rebecca didn’t know the way to the theater, Lynn, who was in the passenger seat of the car, easily directed her there.
5. To give instructions for the shipment or delivery of a package or written communication: The letter that was in David’s mailbox wasn’t directed to him, but to a friend of his who had a similar name.
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recti-, rect-
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“directing”
(Greek > Latin: bearer, to bear, carrying; producing, transmission; directing, turning; originally to carry or to bear children)