| dire | (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness |
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| dire | fire delivered on a target that is visible to the person aiming it |
| dire | a flight with one or more intermediate stops but no change of aircraft |
| dire | a loan by a lender to a customer without the use of a third party |
| dire | advertising sent directly to prospective customers via the mail |
| dire | a distributor who uses direct mail to sell merchandise |
| dire | marketing via a promotion delivered directly to the individual prospective customer |
| dire | the object that receives the direct action of the verb |
| dire | a primary where voters directly select the candidates who will run for office |
| dire | a report of the exact words used in a discourse (e.g., "he said `I am a fool'") |
| dire | a union of two disjoint sets in which every element is the sum of an element from each of the disjoint sets |
| dire | a mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance |