What is another word for directs?

Pronunciation: [da͡ɪɹˈɛkts] (IPA)

Directs are ways in which you can guide someone towards a desired outcome or goal. There are various synonyms for directs, such as instructs, leads, commands, governs, manages, handles, organizes, supervises, and conducts. Instructs involve providing clear and detailed guidance to someone, leading them towards a specific course of action. Leads refer to showing someone the way, guiding them towards a particular path. Commands are authoritative instructions that are issued with the expectation of them being followed. On the other hand, governs involve controlling someone's behavior, managing their actions, and taking responsibility for them. Directs, therefore, refer to various ways of guiding someone in achieving a particular goal or outcome by providing them with clear instructions and guidance.

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What are the hypernyms for Directs?

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Usage examples for Directs

It is the same Voice which gives life and directs it.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
One of them indeed was dead and buried before Mr. George attacked it, though I am bound to say it would never have fallen before the particular line of attack he directs against it.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
This great question, who shall be retained as fit subjects for the insane asylum, is now to depend, in all cases, upon the decision of a jury; and each case must be legally investigated, as the law of 1865 directs.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard

Famous quotes with Directs

  • God who is eternally complete, who directs the stars, who is the master of fates, who elevates man from his lowliness to Himself, who speaks from the cosmos to every single human soul, is the most brilliant manifestation of the goal of perfection.
    Alfred Adler
  • Man thinks, God directs.
    Alcuin
  • Thence results, for science as well as for industry, the necessity of the division and association of labor. I receive and I give - such is human life. Each directs and is directed in his turn.
    Mikhail Bakunin
  • The right diet directs sexual energy into the parts that matter.
    Barbara Cartland
  • Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.
    Lord Chesterfield

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