North Definition–noun | 1. | a cardinal point of the compass, lying in the plane of the meridian and to the left of a person facing the rising sun. Abbreviation: N | <
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From DictionaryFurniture Definition–noun | 1. | the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like. | | 2. | fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something. | | 3. | equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins. | | 4. | Also called bearer, dead metal. Printing. pieces of wood or metal, less than type high, set in and about pa
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From DictionaryDirect Definition–verb (used with object) | 1. | to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time. | | 2. | to regulate the course of; control: History is directed by a small number of great men and women. | | 3. | to administer; manage; supervise: She directs the affairs of the estate. | | 4. | to give authoritative instructions to; command; order or ordain: I directed him to leave the room. | | 5. | to serve as a director in the production or performance of (a musical work, play, motion picture, etc.). | | 6. | to guide, tell, or show (a person) the way to a place: I directed him to the post office. | | 7. | to point, aim, or send toward a place or object: to direct radio waves around the globe. | | 8. | to channel or focus toward a given result, object, or end (often fol. by to or toward): She directed all her energies toward the accomplishment of the work. | | 9. | to address (words, a speech, a written report, etc.) to a person or persons: The secretary directed his remarks to two of the committee members. | | 10. | to address (a letter, package, etc.) to an intended recipient. | –verb (used without object) | 12. | to give commands or orders. | | 13. | to serve as the director of a play, film, orchestra, etc. | –adjective | 14. | proceeding in a straight line or by the shortest course; straight; undeviating; not oblique: a direct route. | | 15. | proceeding in an unbroken line of descent; lineal rather than collateral: a direct descendant. | | 16. | Mathematics. | a. | (of a proportion) containing terms of which an increase (or decrease) in one results i
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o be in direct proportion to another term if one increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases). | | b. | (of a function) the function itself, in contrast to its inverse. Compare inverse (def. 2). | | | 17. | without intervening persons, influences, factors, etc.; immediate; personal: direct contact with the voters; direct exposure to a disease. | | 18. | straightforward; frank; candid: the direct remarks of a forthright individual. | | 19. | absolute; exact: the direct opposite. | | 20. | consisting exactly of the words originally used; verbatim: direct quotation. | | 21. | Government. of or by action of voters, which takes effect without any intervening agency such as representatives. | | 22. | inevitable; consequential: War will be a direct result of such political action. | | 23. | allocated for or arising from a particular known agency, process, job, etc.: The new machine was listed by the accountant as a direct cost. | | 24. | Electricity. of or pertaining to direct current. | | 25. | Astronomy. | a. | moving in an orbit in the same direction as the earth in its revolution around the sun. | | b. | appearing to move on the celestial sphere in the direction of the natural order of the signs of the zodiac, from west to east. Compare retrograde (def. 4). | | | 26. | Surveying. (of a telescope) in its normal position; not inverted or transited. | | 27. | (of dye colors) working without the use of a mordant; substantive. | –adverb | 28. | in a direct manner; directly; straight: Answer me direct. | |
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