0 past simple and past participle of direct
1 to control or be in charge of an activity, organization, etc.:
2 to aim something in a particular direction:
Was that remark directedat/towards me?
Criticism was directed against/at the manufacturers of the product.
4 to order someone, especially officially:
He's directed so many movies that you might expect a few duff ones.
Coaches will set down and uplift passengers only as directed by the police in the streets mentioned.
The movie, three hours long, is directed in his usual idiosyncratic style.
He was on another one of his ego trips, directing and taking the main part in a movie.
It's much healthier to direct your emotions outwards than to bottle them up inside you.
Much of the violence was directed against large multinational companies.
The government's latest anti-smoking campaign is directed at children.
