directorship
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6.2
- noun
- /dəˈrɛktərˌʃɪp/
- 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
∞
3.2
A person's job or rank in a group like a company
∞
1.6
A job with official power in a government or organization
22
6.7
The job of being the leader of a region
20
7.1
A senior university job held by a respected teacher
18
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
7.4
The job of managing money or property for other people
1
6.9
The job of being the head of a school
1
6.2
The time a person leads a team or ship
1
6.7
The job of the person who leads part of a college or university
1
7.0
The rank and skills of a person who leads others in the military or an organization
1
8.0
A period when someone serves in an official public job
1
7.2
A period when a person holds a job managing office tasks and records
1
7.5
A position leading an orchestra or choir
1
8.1
The position and power of a leader in charge of soldiers
The job of being a member of a council who attends meetings and votes on local matters
The job or time spent managing 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 lawyer's job or position in a law firm
The job of being the woman in charge of a school
Antonyms
How Senior
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.