director
a person or thing that directs.
one of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of a company or corporation: a board of directors.
the person responsible for the interpretive aspects of a stage, film, or television production; the person who supervises the integration of all the elements, as acting, staging, and lighting, required to realize the writer's conception.: Compare producer (def. 3).
the musical conductor of an orchestra, chorus, etc.
the manager or chief executive of certain schools, institutes, government bureaus, etc.
Military. a mechanical or electronic device that continuously calculates firing data for use against an airplane or other moving target.
Origin of director
1Other words for director
Other words from director
- di·rec·tor·ship, noun
- pre·di·rec·tor, noun
- self-di·rec·tor, noun
- sub·di·rec·tor, noun
- sub·di·rec·tor·ship, noun
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How to use director in a sentence
Rodríguez and Maykel González Vivero, director of Tremenda Nota, the Blade’s media partner in Cuba, are among those who the Cuban government has prevented from leaving the country.
Cuban authorities threaten to arrest LGBTQ activist, journalist | Michael K. Lavers | September 17, 2020 | Washington BladeBecause of the large number of votes coming in by mail, “we may have to prepare for election week or even election month,” wrote Elaine Kamarck, director of the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution.
ProPublica’s Pandemic Guide to Making Sure Your Vote Counts | by Susie Armitage | September 16, 2020 | ProPublicaThe OPM is being headed on an acting basis by its deputy director, Michael Rigas, who has been nominated to become the deputy director for management at the Office of Management and Budget.
Committee delays vote on former political commentator to head Office of Personnel Management | Eric Yoder | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostTerry Schilling, executive director of the American Principles Project, decried the decision by Facebook in a statement.
Facebook slaps fact check on ads stoking fears about transgender kids in girls sports | Chris Johnson | September 15, 2020 | Washington BladeBoth nonprofits are required only to disclose the salaries of directors, officers and key employees, said Marc Owens, a tax attorney with Loeb & Loeb.
Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter | Isaac Stanley-Becker | September 15, 2020 | Washington Post
Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze | Lizzie Crocker | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTDecades ago, the writer-director wrote an episode of the animated comedy that never was.
Here’s the Lost Judd Apatow ‘Simpsons’ Episode, Penned by Judd Apatow | Asawin Suebsaeng | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is a Hollywood director at the height of his powers creating original, wildly ambitious epics.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’ | Marlow Stern | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is not the first time the director has fallen for Russian propaganda.
His surprise marriage to theater director Sophie Hunter may have broken hearts, but the squeals of delight were even louder.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt | Melissa Leon | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTHe then received the honour of knighthood but had retired from active service and become a director of his company.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe Briton, holding the documents in a pudgy hand, looked at the swift-gestured director with portentous solemnity.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeMr. Jump, a director on the mine, pointed out a balance-beam that Mr. Trevithick had put up thirty years before.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickA director who performs a different service, serves as an attorney, for example, may receive compensation for it.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesSuppose each director of a bank wished to obtain a loan of money from it.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney Bolles
British Dictionary definitions for director
/ (dɪˈrɛktə, daɪ-) /
a person or thing that directs, controls, or regulates
a member of the governing board of a business concern who may or may not have an executive function
a person who directs the affairs of an institution, trust, educational programme, etc
the person responsible for the artistic and technical aspects of making a film or television programme: Compare producer (def. 4)
music another word (esp US) for conductor (def. 2)
Derived forms of director
- directorial, adjective
- directorially, adverb
- directorship, noun
- directress, fem n
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