Definitions for Director
dɪˈrɛk tər, daɪ-Direc·tor

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. director, manager, managing director(noun)

   someone who controls resources and expenditures

2. director(noun)

   member of a board of directors

3. director, theater director, theatre director(noun)

   someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

4. film director, director(noun)

   the person who directs the making of a film

5. conductor, music director, director(noun)

   the person who leads a musical group

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. director(Noun)

   One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).

2. director(Noun)

   A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.

3. director(Noun)

   The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.

Origin: influenced by directorius

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Director(noun)

   one who, or that which, directs; one who regulates, guides, or orders; a manager or superintendent

2. Director(noun)

   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. Director(noun)

   a part of a machine or instrument which directs its motion or action

4. Director(noun)

   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

Origin: [Cf. F. directeur.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Director

   A member of an institution or business who may or may not have an executive function. The director is usually chosen or appointed to control or govern the affairs of an institution or business.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. director

   A person with the necessary ability, experience, knowledge and skills to direct and manage various or specific facets of a business, company or organization.

   The directors met monthly to review their targets.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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1. director

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Director' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #792

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Director' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1615

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Director' in Nouns Frequency: #231

Anagrams for Director »

1. creditor

How to pronounce Director?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Director in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Director in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Director in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   The FBI director is wrong.

2. Denis Villeneuve:

   I think a good director is a good listener.

3. Donald Trump:

   Director Comey was very unpopular with most people.

4. Carl Icahn:

   We have proposed four highly-qualified director candidates.

5. President Trump:

   It took guts for director Comey to make the move that he made.

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