directorship
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6.2
- noun
- /dəˈrɛktərˌʃɪp/
:
dirección
- To compensate for the heavy time commitment this directorship requires, a one course per semester reduction in teaching load is provided to the Chair.
- assume the directorship
- directorship position
- take the directorship
Examples
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It looks to me as if the majority of your outside activities are consulting and directorship arrangements with the financial services industry.
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After Hilda died, Norm Wallen assumed the directorship of the project, and Mary Durkin and I were appointed associate directors.
Academic text (1994) -
One was running for a directorship of the Screen Actors' Guild.
Fiction book (1994) -
"We agreed that this would be the only time we'd take the directorship of an expedition."
Fiction book (2001) -
The Photo Story competition is being held in 2001 under the directorship of Jeff Tamms in Wisconsin.
Academic text (2001) -
Ever since its establishment under her directorship, the Traveling Library Division had enjoyed an unblemished record.
Fiction book (1997) -
Today, those responsibilities rest with the Mount Wilson Institute under the directorship of Robert Jastrow and its board of directors.
Academic text (1999) -
During Gulick's directorship, James Naismith and Alonzo Stagg were employed on the staff at Springfield.
Academic text (1996) -
I am resigning from the directorship here at Faith Heritage, effective immediately.
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There is also no limit to the number of directorships a man can have.
Synonyms
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1.6
A job with official power in a government or organization
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3.2
A person's job or rank in a group like a company
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7.1
A senior university job held by a respected teacher
24
6.7
The job of being the leader of a region
16
5.7
The time a person leads a committee, board or meeting
9
7.4
An official job held by a judge
1
7.4
The position of being the leader of a group or organization
1
6.9
The job of being the head of a school
1
6.7
The job of the person who leads part of a college or university
1
6.2
The time a person leads a team or ship
The job of being a member of a council who attends meetings and votes on local matters
The job of managing money or property for other people
The job or time spent managing an organization
The rank and skills of a person who leads others in the military or an organization
The job of the person who manages a company's accounting and finances
A job managing and watching an organization's money and accounts
The role of managing an organization's money and accounts
A period when someone serves in an official public job
The position and power of a leader in charge of soldiers
A period when a person holds a job managing office tasks and records
A lawyer's job or position in a law firm
The job of being the woman in charge of a school
A position leading an orchestra or choir
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word directorship comes from direct meaning 'to guide' and the ending -ship meaning a 'position' or 'state'. So a directorship is the job of being a director, the person who guides or leads a company.