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Definition of 'director'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) director
a person or thing that directs.

2.  director
one of a group of persons chosen to control or govern the affairs of a company or corporation.

3.  director
the person who interprets the script and supervises the development of a theater, film, television, or radio production.

4.  director
the manager or head of certain organized groups.

Etymology: (1470–80; < LL)

Definition of 'director'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) director, manager, managing director
someone who controls resources and expenditures

2. (noun) director
member of a board of directors

3. (noun) director, theater director, theatre director
someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

4. (noun) film director, director
the person who directs the making of a film

5. (noun) conductor, music director, director
the person who leads a musical group

Definition of 'director'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) director
the manager of a company, organization, or large department
a publishing/finance director

2. director
sb who guides actors in a movie, play, or TV show
a movie director

Definition of 'director'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) director
one who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent

2. (noun) director
one of a body of persons appointed to manage the affairs of a company or corporation; as, the directors of a bank, insurance company, or railroad company

3. (noun) director
a part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action

4. (noun) director
a slender grooved instrument upon which a knife is made to slide when it is wished to limit the extent of motion of the latter, or prevent its injuring the parts beneath

Translation of 'director'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a person or thing that directs, eg one of a group of persons who manage the affairs of a business or a person who is in charge of the making of a film, play etc He is on the board of directors of our firm; The producer and the director quarrelled about the film.
Afrikaans: direkteur, regisseur	Arabic: مُدير، مُخْرِج	Bulgarian: директор, режисьор
Brazilian: diretor	Czech: ředitel, šéf; režisér	German: der Direktor
Danish: chef; leder; instruktør	Greek: διευθυντής, σκηνοθέτης	Spanish: director, directivo
Estonian: juht, reþissöör	Farsi: سرپرست؛ کارگردان	Finnish: ohjaaja
French: directeur, trice, réalisa	Hebrew: בִּמָאי	Hindi: अध्यक्ष, निर्देशक
Croatian: redatelj, režiser	Hungarian: igazgató; rendező	Indonesian: direktur
Icelandic: stjórnandi; forstjóri; le	Italian: direttore, direttrice; re	Japanese: 監督
Korean: 감독	Lithuanian: direktorius, režisierus	Latvian: direktors; (filmas) režis
Dutch: directeur, regisseur	Norwegian: leder, styrer, direktør,	Polish: reżyser, dyrektor
Persian: سرپرست؛ کارگردان	Pashto: سر پرست	Portuguese: director
Romanian: director; regizor; dirijo	Russian: руководитель; режиссёр	Slovak: riaditeľ, -ka; režisér, -
Slovenian: vodja, direktor; režiser	Serbian: direktor	Swedish: chef, ledare, direktör, r
Thai: กรรมการบริษัท; ผู้กำกับ	Turkish: yönetmen, idareci, direkt	Taiwanese: 指導者，董事，導演
Ukrainian: директор, керівник	Urdu: ناظم ، نگراں	Vietnamese: giám đốc
Chinese: 指导者，董事，导演
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