| dire | in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker |
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| dire | in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child |
| dire | as an immediate result or consequence |
| dire | without deviation |
| dire | a protest action by labor or minority groups to obtain their demands |
| dire | antonyms that are commonly associated (e.g., `wet' and `dry') |
| dire | the opposition or dissimilarity of things that are compared |
| dire | a correlation in which large values of one variable are associated with large values of the other and small with small |
| dire | an electric current that flows in one direction steadily |
| dire | a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'") |
| dire | dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.) |
| dire | evidence (usually the testimony of a witness) directly related to the fact in dispute |