Direct
Direct adjective - Done or working without something else coming in between.
Understood and direct are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understood" instead an adjective "Direct".
Understood
Understood adjective - Implied by or inferred from actions or statements.
Direct and understood are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Direct" instead an adjective "Understood".
Both words in one sentence
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It can imply a lot of things: a direct link between sapience and religion, a shape of religion if it was formed by a perfect logic, a Take That at organized religion if things that have clear, well-understood materialistic origins still believe in the supernatural, or something else entirely.
Source: Robot Religion - The Matrix can only be understood through direct experience.
Source: The Only Way They Will Learn
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Understood and Direct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/understood
Direct & Understood. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/understood>.
Understood or Direct. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/direct/understood.
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