direct

/dɪˈrɛkt/

意味: 指示する、まっすぐ導く

例文: June directed Momo to the treat vault.
　　  ジューンがモモをおやつ金庫へ導いた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: direct route(直行ルート), direct contact(直接接触), direct answer(直接的な答え)

定義: 何かをまっすぐに、またははっきりと行うことを意味します。例えば、指示を与えるときや、道を案内するときに使います。また、間に何も挟まずに直接的に行うことを指します。

directは約10,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: command with authority
Verb: intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
Verb: guide the actors in (plays and films)
Verb: be in charge of
Verb: take somebody somewhere
Verb: cause to go somewhere
Verb: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Verb: lead, as in the performance of a composition
Verb: give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
Verb: specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
Verb: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
Verb: put an address on (an envelope)
Verb: plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
Adjective: direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
Adjective: having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
Adjective: straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Adjective: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
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
Adjective: (of a current) flowing in one direction only
Adjective: being an immediate result or consequence
Adjective: in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
Adjective: lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
Adverb: without deviation

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective, Adverb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Please direct your attention to the presentation slides.(プレゼンテーションのスライドにご注目ください。)
I’ll direct you to the best pizza place in town!(町で一番のピザ屋にご案内します！)
The committee will direct the project according to established guidelines.(委員会は定められたガイドラインに従ってプロジェクトを進めます。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: He directed the children to do their homework
Verb: He aimed his fists towards his opponent’s face
Verb: criticism directed at her superior
Verb: direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
Verb: We lead him to our chief
Verb: can you take me to the main entrance?
Verb: He conducted us to the palace
Verb: The explosion sent the car flying in the air
Verb: She sent her children to camp
Verb: He directed all his energies into his dissertation
Verb: Please don’t aim at your little brother!
Verb: He trained his gun on the burglar
Verb: Don’t train your camera on the women
Verb: Take a swipe at one’s opponent
Verb: conduct an orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years
Verb: I directed them towards the town hall
Verb: he masterminded the robbery
Adjective: a direct route
Adjective: a direct flight
Adjective: a direct hit
Adjective: in direct sunlight
Adjective: in direct contact with the voters
Adjective: direct exposure to the disease
Adjective: a direct link
Adjective: the direct cause of the accident
Adjective: direct vote
Adjective: a direct question
Adjective: a direct response
Adjective: a direct approach
Adjective: lineal ancestors
Adjective: lineal heirs
Adjective: a direct descendant of the king
Adjective: direct heredity
Adjective: a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)
Adjective: direct current
Adjective: a direct result of the accident
Adjective: a direct quotation
Adjective: repeated their dialog verbatim
Adjective: the direct opposite
Adverb: the path leads directly to the lake
Adverb: went direct to the office

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): address, aim, calculate, channelise, channelize, conduct, direct, directly, engineer, guide, head, lead, lineal, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize, place, point, send, steer, straight, take, take aim, target, train, unmediated, verbatim

Antonyms(反意語): alternating, collateral, indirect, inverse, retrograde

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): aim, control, instruct, intend, label, make, manage, move, order, perform, plan, position

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): address, administer, advance, agitate, aim, appear, arouse, assemble, bear, beat, beget, blast, blaze away, blow, brandish, brief, bring, build, calculate, call, call the shots, carry, cause, center, change hands, charge, charm, chart, chase away, chop, choreograph, churn out, circulate, clear, cleave, click off, come to grips, command, compose, conduct, construct, coordinate, copy, corner, create, create by mental act, create from raw material, create verbally, cut, cut corners, dandle, declaim, deploy, derive, design, direct, disarrange, dislocate, displace, dispose of, distill, dominate, drag, draw a bead on, dress, drive, drop, engage, establish, expel, exteriorize, film, film-make, flick, fluctuate, form, frame, froth, funnel, generate, give, glide, govern, grind, harness, herd, hit, hold, hold one’s own, hold sway, hustle, improvise, incorporate, institute, instruct, intend, internationalize, interpret, jar, juggle, lateralize, launch, lay down, lay out, level, lift, lower, make, manage, manufacture, mastermind, mean, mismanage, mobilize, monopolize, name, offset, organize, orient, originate, overturn, pipe up, play, plot, pour, premier, preoccupy, prepare, preside, press, press down, process, produce, project, propel, pull, pulse, pump, puncture, push, put, put on, race, raise, rake, re-create, realize, recreate, regenerate, regiment, rehearse, relocate, reproduce, rock, roll, rout out, run, saltate, scamp, scan, schedule, scheme, scrape, send, separate, serenade, shift, short-circuit, sight, singsong, sink, slate, slide, sling, slip, spill, square, star, station, steer, stigmatize, stir, strike, stunt, style, swing, take back, take care, target, touch, track, transfer, translate, transmit, transport, tug, turn, twine, unseat, unwind, uproot, upstage, warn, wash, wedge, whistle, wind, woosh, work

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): address, administer, beacon, blow, channel, charge, choreograph, conn, corner, crab, divert, dock, draw a bead on, guide, hand, head, helm, hold, instrument, level, misdirect, mislead, navigate, operate, park, point the way, project, pull over, range in, re-address, redirect, refer, route, sheer, sight, stage direct, stand out, starboard, stet, swing, talk down, target, turn, usher

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: address, addressee, aim, channelisation, conducting, directive, directness, director, engineer, guide, head, heading, lead, leader, line, maneuverable, maneuverer, manoeuvre, mastermind, orchestration, organisation, organization, organizer, place, sending, steerage, steerer, steering, target

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: