Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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hit | Yes | No | Yes | No |
direct | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
hit (noun) | direct (noun) |
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the act of contacting one thing with another | |
a conspicuous success | |
(baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense) | |
a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate | |
a connection made via the internet to another website | |
a dose of a narcotic drug | |
(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together |
hit (adjective) | direct (adjective) |
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direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short | |
(of a current) flowing in one direction only | |
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action | |
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity | |
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child | |
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth | |
lacking compromising or mitigating elements | |
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker | |
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions | |
being an immediate result or consequence |
hit (verb) | direct (verb) |
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pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to | plan and direct (a complex undertaking) |
make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public |
hit with a missile from a weapon | command with authority |
hit the intended target or goal | give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction |
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument | put an address on (an envelope) |
hit against; come into sudden contact with | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards |
produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments | intend (something) to move towards a certain goal |
cause to move by striking | guide the actors in (plays and films) |
affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely | lead, as in the performance of a composition |
reach a destination, either real or abstract | take somebody somewhere |
drive something violently into a location | cause to go somewhere |
reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling |
cause to experience suddenly | govern or manage |
encounter by chance | |
kill intentionally and with premeditation |
hit (adverb) | direct (adverb) |
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without deviation |