Directed

verb

/daɪˈɹɛktɪd/

Word Frequency: 37.3

Definitions

1.verbTo manage, control, steer.

"to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army"

2.verbTo aim (something) at (something else).

"He directed his question to the room in general."

3.verbTo point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.

"He directed me to the left-hand road."

4.verbTo point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

"She directed them to leave immediately."

5.verbTo put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.

"to direct a letter"

6.adjectiveIn a manner emphasizing one's point of view.

7.adjectiveHaving the properties of a directed graph.

8.adjectiveHaving the properties of a directed set.