directory
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- noun
- /dɪˈrɛktəri/
- I was able to locate the phone number I needed in the local business directory.
- a telephone directory
- an online directory
- a business directory
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Watch on YouTubeSo, you know, I, I went and I found the corporate directory because there was no e-mail.
- So, you know, I, I went and I found the corporate directory because there was no e-mail.
- In this particular direct book, I call it books, but it's a directory.
- Excite was seen at the time as the technology play of the two companies as it was a true search engine while Yahoo was more of a web directory.
Examples
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Well, how about the church directory?
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When the new telephone directory came out after the war, I even looked you up in it.
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Asking a school official for a student directory is one example of lead generation.
Academic text (2011) -
Look it up in the company directory.
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I looked your address up in the faculty directory.
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If you have access to a telephone directory, they should all be listed in there, though.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sample was drawn from a United Way directory of nonprofits serving a large urban county.
Academic text (2011) -
Natalie needed access to some type of school telephone directory so she could call the students in their classrooms.
Academic text (2008) -
Joe's number wasn't in the phonebook, but Directory Assistance had him listed.
Fiction book (1995) -
You can find the contact details of all employees in the directory at the front desk.
Synonyms
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1.0
An ordered set of names or things for reference
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2.3
A printed or online list of items for people to look at
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A book with people's names, addresses, and numbers to call listed alphabetically
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1.8
A book of local businesses and services printed on yellow paper
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1.0
A book or list of people and businesses with their phone numbers
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A book that lists names, addresses and phone numbers of people and businesses
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A book or website with a list of names in order and phone numbers
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A printed list of people's names and home phone numbers in alphabetical order
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Etymology
Directory comes from the same root as direct, which means 'to guide' or 'to point'. A directory is a list that 'guides' you to people's names and addresses, so the origin explains why we call a phone or company list a directory.