diec

　　1.direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short;

　　a direct route

　　2.immediate or direct in bearing or force; having nothing intervening;

　　in direct sunlight

　　3.extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action;

　　a direct question

　　4.in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child;

　　lineal ancestors

　　5.moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

　　6.similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity;

　　a term is in direct proportion to another term if it increases (or decreases) as the other increases (or decreases)

　　7.of a current flowing in one direction only; not alternating;

　　direct current

　　8.as an immediate result or consequence;

　　a direct result of the accident

　　9.in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker;

　　a direct quotation

　　10. effected directly by action of the voters rather than through elected representatives;

　　many people favor direct election of the President rather than election by the Electoral College

　　11. exact;

　　the direct opposite

　　12.without deviation;

　　the path leads directly to the lake