director
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3.0
- noun
- /dəˈrɛktər/
:
director
- Mr. Lenox is the director of the museum, overseeing its operations and exhibitions.
- executive director
- athletic director
- assistant director
Michael Hayden, who was, as you know, director of the CIA and the NSA.
- Michael Hayden, who was, as you know, director of the CIA and the NSA.
- And the man who briefed US, Director Hayden, did a terrible job.
- And Haley's mom is the associate director, the one and only Sarah.
- There have been CIA directors who were involved with this.
- And now I learn you're deputy director of the Beyond Center.
- So Doctor Baynan happens to be the medical director at the Wellington London.
- Even his his peers, you know, the deputy directors didn't like him.
- My title is division director of the Global Service Management.
- And eventually ended up as a director for East Africa in Nairobi.
- So people say, well, why did that CIA director know and others haven't?
- Direct Line of communication between the the director of the CIA and the king himself.
- So I went in, went up to the personnel director, and he was kind of nasty.
- forces in Afghanistan, commander of CENTCOM, director of CIA.
- So I go to meet with him and the director and this guy.
Examples
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Mary Anne Hahn is the founder and executive director of the International Association of Professional Ghost Writers.
Academic text (2011) -
Under the authority granted me... ...as director of weapons research and development... ...I commissioned last year a study of this project... ... by the Bland Corporation.
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From the office of the medical director...
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In 2006, she became the Education Director at the Ontario Library Association.
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My director has asked me to interview an exceptional local law enforcement officer, and I'll tell you what, your name came up on our computer.
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At this moment, you are serving as a director of the CIA, correct?
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I'm Dan Truman, executive director here.
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There was also monitoring of Lisa Haugaard, executive director of the Latin American Working Group.
Academic text (2011) -
In a Sky TV News interview from Gaza, John Ging, director of UNRWA Operations in Gaza, said:
Academic text (2011) -
Michael Shermer is the publisher of Skeptic magazine and director of the Skeptics Society.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
∞
1.6
A person who controls money and work in a company
572
5.1
A person who manages a government department or public service
411
4.1
A senior government official who leads a major department
232
4.6
A person who runs a company or organization day to day and reports to the board of directors
166
6.0
A person who manages an organization or its department, often in police and schools
137
4.8
A person or group who manages money and property for others and must act for their benefit
97
3.0
A person who is in charge of all parts of a business or department
52
5.0
A person who manages money and pays bills for a group or company
26
3.6
The person who runs a company and makes its most important decisions
20
3.0
A person who leads a department in a company or school
14
8.8
A person who checks and keeps an organization's financial records, often in government or large companies
8
4.3
A person who keeps and checks a company's financial records
7
3.9
A person who manages research and sets priorities in an organization
7
5.0
A person who leads and manages research in an organization
2
4.2
A person who protects a company's people and things
1
9.6
A woman who leads a school or other organization
A person who shares the main job of leading a project or company with another person
Antonyms
Compounds
232
4.6
A person who runs a company or organization day to day and reports to the board of directors
15
4.4
A person who plans the look of a film, play or TV show, including sets, costumes and lights
8
6.5
An official who led United States intelligence agencies and the Central Intelligence Agency from 1946 to 2005
A person who shares the main job of leading a project or company with another person
A duty of company directors to act for the shareholders' benefit
- Informal
A person who greets visitors at the front desk and makes them feel welcome
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Director comes from the Latin dirigere meaning 'to guide' and is the same root as direct and direction', so a director is 'one who guides'. That is why a charity or operations director** manages resources and guides how money and work are used.