DIRECTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does directed mean? 

• DIRECTED (adjective)
  The adjective DIRECTED has 2 senses:

1. (often used in combination) having a specified direction

2. manageable by a supervising agent

  Familiarity information: DIRECTED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIRECTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(often used in combination) having a specified direction

Context example:

goal-directed

Similar:

orientated; oriented (adjusted or located in relation to surroundings or circumstances; sometimes used in combination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Manageable by a supervising agent

Context example:

a directed program of study

Similar:

manageable (capable of being managed or controlled)

 Context examples 

Any monoclonal antibody directed against the cell surface glycoprotein CD19, regardless of the antibody type.

(Anti-CD19 Monoclonal Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)

I signed the paper as directed, and the lawyer took it away with him.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Wolf Larsen, at the wheel, directed the Ghost after the Macedonia’s second weather boat.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Surely the person against whom the criminal enterprise was directed.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

_Note left by Van Helsing in his portmanteau, Berkeley Hotel directed to John Seward, M. D._

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A low-fucosylated, humanized, IgG1 isotype, monoclonal antibody directed against the B-cell-specific membrane protein CD19 with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Anti-CD19 Monoclonal Antibody DI-B4, NCI Thesaurus)

Any shot directed at this person might hit the sash.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody directed against human hepatocyte growth factor receptor (HGFR or c-MET) with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Anti-c-MET Monoclonal Antibody LY2875358, NCI Thesaurus)

It was a man's fist, directed by a man so angry and in such haste that the fist had missed the jaw for which it was aimed.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Our answers were waiting for us at the police-station, where I had directed Algar to send them.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)