English-Dutch translations for direct

  • direct
    Wij moeten direct worden geïnformeerd. We ought to be informed directly. We hebben het aantal informatiecentra van Europa Direct gestaag uitgebreid. We have steadily increased the Europe Direct centres. Stimulering van de directe investeringen is nodig. Direct investment needs to be encouraged.
  • geleiden
  • helpen
    Deze richtlijn kan daarbij helpen. This directive can contribute to that. De voorgestelde richtlijn zal hierdoor sociale dumping helpen voorkomen. The proposed directive will thus help to prevent social dumping. Al deze argumenten helpen ons in de goede richting. All these arguments help us to move in that direction.
  • leiden
    Deze richtlijn zal niet leiden tot sociale dumping. This directive does not usher in social dumping. Ik denk dat deze richtlijn zal leiden tot een race naar de bodem. I think this directive will force a race to the bottom. Ik zou het debat in een andere richting willen leiden. I would like to take the debate in a different direction.
  • live
  • onverbloemdJunilistan is bovendien tegen de passages in het verslag waarin onverbloemd wordt gepleit voor directe sturing van de bilaterale hulpprogramma's van de afzonderlijke EU-landen. Junilistan also opposes the passages in the report which blatantly advocate direct control of the bilateral aid schemes of individual EU countries.

Definition of direct

  • Proceeding without deviation or interruption
  • Straightforward; sincere
  • Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous
  • In the line of descent; not collateral
  • 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
  • having a single flight number
  • Directly
  • To manage, control, steer
  • To aim at (something else
  • To point out or show to the right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way
  • To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order
  • To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent

Examples

  • the most direct route between two buildings
  • a descendant in the direct line
  • direct nomination; direct legislation
  • to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army
  • They directed their fire towards the men on the wall.
  • He directed his question to the room in general.
  • He directed me to the left-hand road.
  • She directed them to leave immediately.
  • to direct a letter

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