dirigez

Dirigez is a French verb form derived from diriger, meaning to direct, lead, manage, or operate. It serves two main grammatical functions in contemporary French: as the second-person plural present indicative (vous dirigez, you direct/you are directing) and as the imperative mood addressed to a group or to one person in a formal or polite sense (Dirigez !, Direct this/these). In everyday use, diriger is transitive, taking a direct object such as an organization, project, or service.

Etymology and forms: Diriger comes from Latin dirigere, meaning to direct or to guide. The form dirigez reflects the stem of the verb combined with the vous form of the present tense and the imperative. Related forms include dirige, dirigeons, dirigent for the present indicative; the imperative singular Dirige and the plural Dirigez; the past participle dirigé; and the present participle dirigeant.

Usage notes: Dirigez appears in formal or plural address and in written instructions or directives. It is commonly used in management, administration, and signaling actions related to guiding or operating something. Like other French verbs, it conjugates regularly in the present, past tenses, and beyond.

Example sentences: Vous dirigez l’équipe depuis le mois de janvier. (You direct the team since January / You are directing the team.) Dirigez ce service pendant l’absence du directeur. (Direct this service during the director’s absence.) En dirigeant avec prudence, il a gagné du respect. (While directing carefully, he earned respect.)

See also: diriger, direction, dirigeant, dirigeable.