director
Americannoun
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a person or thing that directs.
- Synonyms:
- boss, chief, administrator, leader, manager, head, supervisor
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one of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of a company or corporation.
a board of directors.
- Synonyms:
- boss, chief, administrator, leader, manager, head, supervisor
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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.
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the musical conductor of an orchestra, chorus, etc.
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the manager or chief executive of certain schools, institutes, government bureaus, etc.
- Synonyms:
- boss, chief, administrator, leader, manager, head, supervisor
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Military. a mechanical or electronic device that continuously calculates firing data for use against an airplane or other moving target.
noun
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a person or thing that directs, controls, or regulates
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a member of the governing board of a business concern who may or may not have an executive function
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a person who directs the affairs of an institution, trust, educational programme, etc
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the person responsible for the artistic and technical aspects of making a film or television programme Compare producer
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music another word (esp US) for conductor
Other Word Forms
- directorial adjective
- directorially adverb
- directorship noun
- directress noun
- predirector noun
- self-director noun
- subdirector noun
- subdirectorship noun
Etymology
Origin of director
Example Sentences
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Coogler, previously best known for "Black Panther," could become the first ever Black person to win best director, in the 98 years of Oscars history.
From Barron's
The Federal Housing Finance Agency, whose director Bill Pulte has criticized Fair Isaac’s pricing, announced last July that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would allow mortgage lenders to use the VantageScore 4.0 model.
From Barron's
“We’re celebrating human touch, human connection and what I like to call actual intelligence, as opposed to artificial,” said music director Michael Bearden.
From Los Angeles Times
“This race could shift dramatically come June,” Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling, said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
The director has said that he interprets the death wish in the opera as part of the cycle of rebirth.
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