Talk:direct

removed


 * 1) Direct flight. (Travel industry) A flight with a single flight number but not necessarily a non-stop service.

and added direct flight to derived terms. --Connel MacKenzie 03:48, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Etymology
Is all this etymology really necessary? It seems quite lengthy, and the last line seems like an advertisement! Rainmonger 13:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Initial stress?
I'm not a native speaker, but I think I've heard this pronounced, perhaps chiefly when the following noun has initial stress as well. For example direct contact as. Or am I mistaken?


 * Longman Pronunciation Dict. reads
 * the stress-shifted form ˌdaɪərekt is frequent in British English in phrases such as ˌdirect ˈdebit ; but the weak-vowelled variant is also heard, dəˈrekt, dɪ-, with no stress shift, thus diˌrect ˈdebit.  JMGN (talk) 18:37, 21 March 2023 (UTC)

directer
directer reads (Adjective) comparative of direct: more direct. JMGN (talk) 18:17, 21 March 2023 (UTC)