Dictionary Check: direct
"direct" is a valid word!
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Definition
adjective
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
Example:
"a direct route"
adjective
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
Example:
"in direct sunlight"
adjective
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Example:
"a direct question"
adjective
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
Example:
"lineal ancestors"
adjective
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or — for planets — around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
adjective
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
Example:
"a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)"
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