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DIRECTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Manageable by a supervising agent
Example:
a directed program of study
Classified under:
Similar:
manageable (capable of being managed or controlled)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(often used in combination) having a specified direction
Example:
goal-directed
Classified under:
Similar:
orientated; oriented (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb direct
Context examples:
A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the human chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2), with potential antiangiogenic, immunomodulating, antimetastatic, and antineoplastic activities.
(anti-CCR2 monoclonal antibody MLN1202, NCI Thesaurus)
Even now, he sat with the glass of wine untasted on his knee, and his eyes directed to a corner of the floor.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
A fifty pound Bank note, in a sheet of paper, directed to me, and put underneath the door in the night.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Health aid that is directed to minority groups.
(Minority Health and Assistance, Targeted, NCI Thesaurus)
An immunoconjugate that consists of a humanized monoclonal antibody (MLN591), directed against prostate-specific membrane antigen linked to a maytansinoid (DM1).
(MLN2704, NCI Thesaurus)
Minimal interventions directed at individuals that do not involve a health care provider, such as self-help and telephone counseling.
(Minimal Contact Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)
Alleyne sat down willingly as directed with two great bundles on either side of him which contained the strollers' dresses—doublets of flame-colored silk and girdles of leather, spangled with brass and tin.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against human CD74 with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Milatuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)
For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
A monoclonal antibody directed against human hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR or c-Met), with potential antineoplastic activity.
(Anti-c-Met Monoclonal Antibody ABT-700, NCI Thesaurus)
