Definition of directed

"directed" in the verb sense

1. direct

command with authority

"He directed the children to do their homework"

2. target, aim, place, direct, point

intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

"He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"

"criticism directed at her superior"

"direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"

3. direct

guide the actors in (plays and films)

4. direct

be in charge of

5. lead, take, direct, conduct, guide

take somebody somewhere

"We lead him to our chief"

"can you take me to the main entrance?"

"He conducted us to the palace"

6. send, direct

cause to go somewhere

"The explosion sent the car flying in the air"

"She sent her children to camp"

"He directed all his energies into his dissertation"

7. aim, take, train, take aim, direct

point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

"Please don't aim at your little brother!"

"He trained his gun on the burglar"

"Don't train your camera on the women"

"Take a swipe at one's opponent"

8. conduct, lead, direct

lead, as in the performance of a composition Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for years"

"conduct an orchestra

9. direct

give directions to point somebody into a certain direction

"I directed them towards the town hall"

10. calculate, aim, direct

specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

11. steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise

direct the course determine the direction of travelling

12. address, direct

put an address on (an envelope)

13. mastermind, engineer, direct, organize, organise, orchestrate

plan and direct (a complex undertaking

"he masterminded the robbery"

"directed" in the adjective sense

1. directed

often used in combination) having a specified direction

"a positively directed vector"

"goal-directed"

2. directed

manageable by a supervising agent

"a directed program of study"

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Quotations for directed

Hell trembles at a heaven-directed eye. [ Bishop Ken ]

Nothing is denied to well-directed labor. [ Sir Joshua Reynolds ]

Words sweetly placed and modestly directed. [ William Shakespeare ]

To the warning word no man has respect, only to the flattering and promising is his attention directed. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

There is only one cure for public distress, and that is public education, directed to make men thoughtful, merciful, and just. [ John Ruskin ]

In strictness of language there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom; wisdom always supposing action and action directed by it. [ Paley ]

If you have great talents, industry will improve them; if moderate abilities, industry will supply their deficiencies. Nothing is denied to well-directed labor: nothing is ever to be attained without it. [ Sir Joshua Reynolds ]

There is a gentle, but perfectly irresistible coercion in a habit of reading well directed, over the whole tenor of a man's character and conduct, which is not the less effectual because it works insensibly, and because it is really the last thing he dreams of. [ Sir John Herschel ]

If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we stand a chance of hitting their hearts as well as their heads. In addressing angels, we could hardly raise our eloquence too high; but we must remember that men are not angels. [ Colton ]

directed in Scrabble®

The word directed is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters directed:

DIRECTED
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

decider, decried, recited

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word directed

DIRECTED
(135)
DIRECTED
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In directed

DIRECTED
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DIRECTED
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directed in Words With Friends™

The word directed is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters directed:

DIRECTED
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

decider, decried, recited

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word directed

DIRECTED
(126)
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(90)
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(69)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In directed

DIRECTED
(126)
DECRIED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DECIDER
(107 = 72 + 35)
RECITED
(98 = 63 + 35)
DIRECTED
(90)
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DEICED
(69)
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Words within the letters of directed

2 letter words in directed (3 words)

3 letter words in directed (12 words)

7 letter words in directed (3 words)

8 letter words in directed (Anagrams) (2 words)

directed + 1 blank (1 word)

Words containing the sequence directed

Words that start with directed (1 word)

Words with directed in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving directed

Shorter words in directed

re ire dire direct

Longer words containing directed

codirected

misdirected

multidirected

nondirected

overdirected

redirected unredirected

selfdirected

undirected