Propose vs Direct - What's the difference?

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Propose is a related term of direct.

As verbs the difference between propose and direct

is that propose is while direct is to manage, control, steer.

As an adjective direct is

straight, constant, without interruption.

As an adverb direct is

directly.

propose

English

Verb

(propos)

To suggest a plan, course of action, etc.

To ask for a person's hand in marriage.

To intend.

* 1859 , (John Gorham Palfrey), History of New England , Preface (Google preview):

I propose to relate, in several volumes, the history of the people of New England.

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(obsolete) To talk; to converse.

* 1599 , (William Shakespeare), (Much Ado About Nothing) , :

HERO. Good Margaret, run thee to the parlour;

There shalt thou find my cousin Beatrice

Proposing with the prince and Claudio

(obsolete) To set forth.

* 1616 , (George Chapman) (translator), Homer's Iliad , book 11:

. . . so weighty was the cup,

That being propos'd brimful of wine, one scarce could lift it up.

Usage notes

* In use 1. this is sometimes a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * In use 3, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . * For more information, see * Compared to to suggest'', ''to propose is more deliberate and definite. To suggest is merely to mention, while to propose is to have a definite plan and intention.

Synonyms

* (l)

Derived terms

* proposal * proposition

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) An objective or aim.

*, II.17:

*:whose aime hath beene to make us not good and wittie, but wise and learned; She hath attained her propose .

Anagrams

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direct

English

Adjective

(er)

Straight, constant, without interruption.

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

Straightforward; sincere.

* Shakespeare

Be even and direct with me.

Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.

* John Locke

He nowhere, that I know, says it in direct words.

* Hallam

a direct and avowed interference with elections

In the line of descent; not collateral.

a descendant in the direct line

(astronomy) 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.

Antonyms

* indirect

Derived terms

* direct action * direct current * direct flight * direct initiative * direct object * direct quote

Adverb

(en adverb)

Directly.

* 2009 , Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 346:

Presumably Mary is to carry messages that she, Anne, is too delicate to convey direct .

Verb

(en verb)

To manage, control, steer.

to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army

To aim (something) at (something else).

They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.

He directed his question to the room in general.

To point out or show to (somebody) the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way.

He directed me to the left-hand road.

* Lubbock

the next points to which I will direct your attention

To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order.

She directed them to leave immediately.

* Shakespeare

I'll first direct my men what they shall do.

(dated) To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent.

to direct a letter

Anagrams

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