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directer

directer is the comparative form of direct.

directer is the archaic form of director.

Meaning of direct

Adjective

direct (comparative more direct, superlative most direct)

  1. Proceeding without deviation or interruption.
    Synonyms:
    immediate
  2. Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end.
    • the most direct route between two buildings
  3. Straightforward; sincere.
    • Be even and direct with me.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  4. Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
    • He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.1689 December (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], chapter 1, in Two Treatises of Government: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    explicit
  5. In the line of descent; not collateral.
    • a descendant in the direct line
  6. In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; said of the motion of a celestial body.

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Meaning of director

Noun

director (plural directors)

  1. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
    • Francis Gurry is director of WIPO.2019 February 3, “UN Study: China, US, Japan Lead World AI Development”, in Voice of America, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2019
  2. A member of a board of directors.
    • [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].
  3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
  4. That which directs or orientates something.
    • Installed longer flow director; it now just covers the entire diameter of the 6-in. brine return nozzle, and is 4 in. high […]1971, United States. Office of Saline Water, Distillation Digest, volume 3, page 76
  5. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
  6. The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.

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Forms of directer

pluraldirecters

Origin of directer

From direct + -er (suffix forming comparative adjectives).

By surface analysis, direct + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

Questions about directer

What is directer the comparative form of?
Directer is the comparative form of direct.

Words near directer in the dictionary

  1. directedly
  2. directedness
  3. directednesses
  4. directee
  5. directees
  6. directer
  7. directers
  8. directest
  9. directeth
  10. directeur sportif
  11. directing

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