direct

/dɪˈrɛkt/

US pronunciation

American sound/dɪˈrɛkt/

dɪˈrɛkt

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

dɪ - ˈrɛkt -> direct

Myanmar meaning

(adj) ဖြောင့်သော။ အနီးဆုံး။ တိုက်ရိုက်။ တည့်တည့်ဖြစ်သော။ ဖြောင့်မတ်သော။ ပွင့်လင်း သော။ တဲ့တိုးဖြစ်သော။ မြင်သာ သော။ ရှင်းသော။ ထင်ရှားသော။ တိုက်ရိုက်သက်ဆိုင်သော။ တိုက်ရိုက်။ ကြားခံ ကြားလူ မပါသော။ တိုက်ရိုက်ဆင်းသက်လာသော။ ဆွေစဉ်မျိုးဆက်ဖြစ်သော။ တိကျသော။ တိတိဖြစ်သော။ ပြည့်စုံသော။ လုံးဝ (ဖြစ်သော)။ (v) စီမံသည်။ ညွှန်ကြားသည်။ ရုပ်ရှင်၊ ပြဇာတ် စသည်တွင် စီစဉ်ညွှန်ကြား သည်။ ဒါရိုက်တာလုပ်သည်။ ဦးတည်သည်။ ရှေးရှုသည်။ ညွှန်ပြသည်။ ချိန်(၍ထိုး)သည်။ လမ်းညွှန်ပြသည်။ လမ်းပြသည်။ ခေါင်းတည်သည်။ ရည်ညွှန်းသည်။ လိပ်မူသည်။ လိပ်တပ်သည်။ ညွှန်ကြားသည်။ အမိန့်ပေးသည်။ (adv) တိုက်ရိုက်။ တန်းတန်းမတ်မတ်။ ကိုယ်တိုင်။

Full entry

direct /dǝ'rekt, dÇ-, daÇ-/ adj

More examples

Direct flights from Scotland to North America
There is a more direct route straight up the motorway.
The building had taken a direct hit and was completely destroyed.
Only a few of us have direct access to the files.
Employees have little direct contact with management.
Their study found a direct link between poverty and crime.
Companies have closed as a direct result of the new law.
That’s a direct quote from the man himself.
Martin’s brother is his direct opposite in character.
The rewards will be in direct proportion to the work you put in.
Plant in a shady position away from direct sunlight.
I love New Yorkers – they’re sharp, funny, and direct.
She’s refused to answer direct questions about her plans for the company.
Steve says he’s a direct descendant of William Shakespeare.

Synonyms

straight, shortest, through, unswerving, undeviating, nonstop, express, absolute, address, administer, advise, aim, apply, as the crow flies, bald, be in the driver's seat, beam, beeline, bend, bid, blunt, boss, buckle down, call the shots, candid, carry on, cast, categorical, charge, close, command, complete, conduct, contiguous, continuous, control, control the affairs of, deliver, designate, devote, dictate, directly, dispose, dominate, downright, endeavor, enjoin, escort, even, exact, explicit, firsthand, fix, focus, forthright, frank, give, give directions, give instructions, give orders, govern, guide, handle, have the say, head, head up, head-on, honest, horizontal, immediate, in a straight line, in bee line, in straight line, incline, indicate, influence, inform, inscribe, instruct, intend, keep, label, lay, lead, lecture, level, lineal, linear, mail, manage, mark, matter-of-fact, mean, move in, next, not crooked, open, operate, ordain, order, outspoken, oversee, person-to-person, personal, pilot, plain, plain-spoken, plainspoken, point, point in the right direction, point the way, point-blank, precise, present, preside, preside over, primary, produce, prompt, proximate, put on the right track, quarterback, read, regulate, resultant, right, route, rule, run, run the show, run things, see, send, set, settle, shepherd, show, show the way, sight, sight on, sincere, slant, steer, straight ahead, straight from the shoulder, straightaway, straightforward, strive, succeeding, superintend, superscribe, supervise, take the reins, talk turkey, target, tell, throw, train, true, try

Antonyms

abandon, ambiguous, changing, circuitous, corrupt, deceitful, decorated, deviating, devious, different, dishonest, diverge, equivocal, follow, forget, give up, ignore, indefinite, indirect, indirectly, intermittent, interrupted, leave, let go, misdirect, misguide, mislead, mismanage, neglect, obey, obscure, overlook, request, serve, submit, surrender, take, tricky, unclear, unfair, unjust, unsettle, vague, varying, wily, yield