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

Prosecutors say the statement was false, as Mr Comey had directed an unnamed person "to serve as an anonymous source in news reports regarding an FBI investigation concerning" another unnamed person.

From BBC

“Even for the time, there was a lot of courage that went into that performance,” remembers Jim Sharman, who directed Curry in the original stage productions in London and Los Angeles and then onscreen.

From Los Angeles Times

The entrepreneur said she hadn't had the term directed at her for 25 years.

From BBC

The supernatural body horror film, written and directed by Australian Michael Shanks, follows a couple who move to the countryside and find themselves encountering a mysterious force that impacts their bodies, lives and relationship.

From BBC

They have completely abandoned the work of fighting against hate speech directed towards women, people of color, trans people and more.

From Salon

Related Words

• conducted