Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
(often used in combination) having a specified direction;
- Example: "a positively directed vector"- Example: "goal-directed"2.
manageable by a supervising agent;
- Example: "a directed program of study"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Direct \Di*rect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Directed; p. pr. & vb.
n. Directing.]
1. To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a
mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct
an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
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2. To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right
course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as,
he directed me to the left-hand road.
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The Lord direct your into the love of God. --2
Thess. iii. 5.
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The next points to which I will direct your
attention. --Lubbock.
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3. To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on
in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain
end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of
a nation or the movements of an army.
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I will direct their work in truth. --Is. lxi. 8.
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4. To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior;
to order; as, he directed them to go.
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I 'll first direct my men what they shall do.
--Shak.
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5. To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name
and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to
superscribe; as, to direct a letter.
Syn: To guide; lead; conduct; dispose; manage; regulate;
order; instruct; command.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
directed \directed\ adj.
1. having a specified direction; often used in combination;
as, goal-directed.
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2. marked with a destination; -- of mail or parcels; as, I
throw away all mail directed to `resident'. Opposite of
unaddressed.
Syn: addressed.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
directed
adj 1: (often used in combination) having a specified direction;
"a positively directed vector"; "goal-directed"
2: manageable by a supervising agent; "a directed program of
study"