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Common collocations with direct in American Collocation

direct adjective

US /dɪˈrekt/

contact

access
communication
contact
intervention

Infection is through direct contact with contaminated blood.

result

consequence
outcome
result

These additional sales occurred as a direct result of our efforts.

influence

bearing
control
impact
influence

The decisions of politicians have a direct bearing on people’s lives.

relationship

comparison
connection
correlation
involvement
link
relevance

The course was interesting, but it had no direct relevance to the work that we do.

something opposite or completely different

contradiction
contrast
contravention
opposite

This would seem to be a direct contradiction of Freud’s view that dreams are there to preserve sleep.