| direct | (verb) plan and direct (a complex undertaking) | Synonyms: engineer, mastermind, orchestrate, organise, organize |
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| (verb) specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public | Synonyms: aim, calculate |
| (verb) command with authority | - |
| (verb) give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction | - |
| (verb) put an address on (an envelope) | Synonyms: address |
| (verb) point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards | Synonyms: aim, take, take aim, train |
| (verb) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal | Synonyms: aim, place, point, target |
| (verb) guide the actors in (plays and films) | - |
| (verb) lead, as in the performance of a composition | Synonyms: conduct, lead |
| (verb) take somebody somewhere | Synonyms: conduct, guide, lead, take |
| (verb) cause to go somewhere | Synonyms: send |
| (verb) direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | Synonyms: channelise, channelize, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer |
| (verb) govern or manage | - |
| misdirect | (verb) put a wrong address on | Synonyms: misaddress |
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| (verb) lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions | Synonyms: lead astray, misguide, mislead |
| (verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
| redirect | (verb) channel into a new direction | Synonyms: airt |
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