directed

[dih-rek-tid, dahy-]

adjective

1. guided, regulated, or managed.

   a carefully directed program.

2. subject to direction, guidance, regulation, etc.

3. pointed, aimed, or sent toward a place or object.

   Rooms need to have high air exchange rates, rapid air velocities, and directed airflows to minimize particle concentration.

4. Mathematics.,  (of an angle or vector) having positive or negative direction or orientation assigned.

directed

/ daɪ-, dɪˈrɛktɪd /

adjective

1. maths (of a number, line, or angle) having either a positive or negative sign to distinguish measurement in one direction or orientation from that in the opposite direction or orientation

Other Word Forms

• directedness noun
• overdirected adjective
• self-directed adjective
• well-directed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of directed¹

First recorded in 1530–40; direct + -ed ²

Example Sentences

And another firefighter said in more recent texts that crew members were upset when directed to leave the scene, but that they could not ignore orders.

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And it was Old Timothy who had apparently directed the dogs to lead this well-dressed hunting party everywhere but where Bertha might be found.

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She turned left, as directed, with the children close behind.

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I taught French and math and directed the choir; Jimmie taught science, chemistry, and biology.

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But it’s Stanton’s vision of the dystopian future in “WALL-E,” which he co-wrote and directed, that has been looked on as prescient.

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Related Words

• conducted