directorate
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5.8
- noun
- /dɪˈrɛktərɪt/
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dirección
- Then the researcher contacted the relevant directorates of education.
- directorates of education
- directorate of research
- first and second directorates
Charles, he was chief of the Near East South Asia Division in the Directorate of Operations of the CIA.
- Charles, he was chief of the Near East South Asia Division in the Directorate of Operations of the CIA.
- And so a lot of the work on these concussion weapons, non lethal weapons are done under that directorate.
- So I went in to do one job and got siphoned off into a kind of a generic military applications directorate.
Examples
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As the leader of the marketing directorate, she developed strategies to increase brand awareness.
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As head of NSF's geosciences directorate, Leinen will manage a budget of about $470 million annually.
Academic text (1999) -
The play follows the trials of a poor old man who visits a state directorate in order to get an official seal on a document.
Academic text (1997) -
Edward Whittaker worked in the directorate for defense trade controls, which regulates international traffic in arms.
Academic text (2004) -
The subjects of this study were randomly selected from two of these directorates of education, namely the first and second ones.
Academic text (2010) -
Q2: What are the reasons behind the challenges that EFL teachers in Amman’s first and second directorates of education face?
Academic text (2010) -
The human resources directorate is responsible for overseeing employee recruitment and training.
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The financial directorate manages the budget and allocates funds for various projects throughout the company.
Synonyms
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1.8
A part of a company or organization that does a particular job
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3.2
A part of a larger organization that has its own work
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5.8
A government department that deals with a specific area, like investigations
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5.5
A part of an organization, often a government, that has a particular job
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2.9
A part of an organization that does one kind of work, like marketing or IT
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2.7
A part of a company that handles one area of work, like sales or marketing
A part of an organization that manages specific tasks and services
Compounds
The main government spy agency in Pakistan that gathers secret information about security
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Directorate can also mean a department inside an organisation and comes from director ('one who guides or leads') plus -ate meaning an 'office' or 'division'. So a directorate is the part of an organisation that a director runs and is responsible for a specific area.