director
[dih-rek-ter, dahy-]
- 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.
Show More
Origin of director
Synonyms
See more synonyms for director on Thesaurus.com1, 2, 5. supervisor, head, manager, leader, administrator, chief, boss.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for director
Contemporary Examples
This 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
This is not the first time the director has fallen for Russian propaganda.
The director left then; he could see the impending catastrophe.
Director Yoo Dong-hun and screenwriter Lee Jung-u were arrested for firebombing theaters.
His rule over the country came to an end in 1979 when the director of the KCIA shot Park and his bodyguard to death at dinner.
Historical Examples
The first man to approach the wicket was the Director of the Circus.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
If Monsieur the Director of the Circus comes now he will go in the special car.
The UnderdogF. Hopkinson Smith
The director turned, with a smile, to include that lady in the conversation.
Meadow GrassAlice Brown
I had forgotten that he was director of the Conservatoire, just as I had forgotten everything else.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
"It is a letter from M. Perrin, director of the Comdie Franaise," she said.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
director
- 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 programmeCompare producer (def. 4)
- music another word (esp US) for conductor (def. 2)
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for director
n.
late 15c., "a guide," from Anglo-French directour, French directeur, agent noun from Latin dirigere (see direct (v.)). Corporate sense is from 1630s; theatrical sense from 1911.
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
director
(dĭ-rĕk′tər, dī-)- A smoothly grooved instrument used with a knife to limit the incision of tissues.staff
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.