directe

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin dīrectus. Doublet of dret, which was inherited.

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Adjective

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directe (feminine directa, masculine and feminine plural directes)

  1. direct (proceeding without deviation or interruption)
    Antonym: indirecte
  2. direct (straight; not crooked)
  3. direct (straightforward; sincere)
    Antonym: indirecte

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Adverb

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directe

  1. directly; straight to, right to
    Synonym: directament
    • 2011, Joan Torró Soriano, Pluja a la mar: El somni impossible d'Alessandro Malaspina, Universitat de València, →ISBN, page 142:
      Tot va anar bé, fins i tot Montbou se'n va anar directe a descansar.
      Everything went well; Montbou even went straight to rest.

Noun

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directe m (plural directes)

  1. (boxing) cross (a hook thrown over the opponent's punch)

Further reading

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French

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Adjective

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directe

  1. feminine singular of direct

Anagrams

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Interlingua

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Adjective

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directe (comparative plus directe, superlative le plus directe)

  1. direct, straight

Latin

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Etymology 1

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Participle

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dīrēcte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dīrēctus

Etymology 2

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Adverb

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dīrēctē (comparative dīrēctius, superlative dīrēctissimē)

  1. straight, not curved
  2. moving straight forward, in straight line
  3. direct, absolute

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Norman

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Adjective

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directe

  1. feminine singular of direct