Definitions for director
dɪˈrɛk tər, daɪ-di·rec·tor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. director, manager, managing directornoun

   someone who controls resources and expenditures

2. directornoun

   member of a board of directors

3. director, theater director, theatre directornoun

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

4. film director, directornoun

   the person who directs the making of a film

5. conductor, music director, directornoun

   the person who leads a musical group

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. directornoun

   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. directornoun

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

3. directornoun

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

4. Etymology: influenced by directorius

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Directornoun

   Etymology: director, Latin

   1. One that has authority over others; a superintendent; one that has the general management of a design or work.

   Himself stood director over them, with nodding or stamping, shewing he did like or mislike those things he did not understand. Philip Sidney, b i.

   In all affairs thou sole director. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   What made directors cheat in south sea year? Alexander Pope, Ep.

   2. A rule; an ordinance.

   Common forms were not design’d
   Directors to a noble mind. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

   3. An instructor; one who shews the proper methods of proceeding.

   They are glad to use such as counsellors and directors in all their dealings which are of weight, as contracts, testaments. Richard Hooker, Pref.

   4. One who is consulted in cases of conscience.

   I am her director and her guide in spiritual affairs. John Dryden, Sp. Fr.

   5. An instrument in surgery, by which the hand is guided in its operation.

   The manner of opening with a knife, is by sliding it on a director, the groove of which prevents its being misguided. Samuel Sharp, Surgery.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. director

   A director is an individual who leads, guides, or supervises a particular area, whether it be in a company, organization, film, play, or other activity. They are responsible for overseeing operations, making critical decisions, setting strategic objectives and ensuring the successful execution of tasks, often reporting to higher level executives or a board of directors. The specific responsibilities of a director may vary depending on the context or industry.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Directornoun

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

2. Directornoun

   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. Directornoun

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

4. Directornoun

   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

5. Etymology: [Cf. F. directeur.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. director

   A person with the accurate and specific intuitive ability, experience, knowledge, skills, training, IT skills, understanding and vision to lead, direct and manage various or specific facets of a business, enterprise, company, organization, unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government or international unity government.

   The directors meet monthly to review their budget, goals, objectives, plans, processes, procedures, strategy and systems.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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1. director

   Song lyrics by director -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by director on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. DIRECTOR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Director is ranked #75317 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Director surname appeared 256 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Director.
   
   95.3% or 244 total occurrences were White.
   1.9% or 5 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Committee Member
   • Film Maker

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

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Anagrams for director »

1. creditor

How to pronounce director?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say director in sign language?

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. Christopher Wray:

   Further, the FBI 302 indicated that Flynn apparently was aware his communications had been monitored, and at several points he thanks the The FBI agents for reminding him of some of his conversations with Russian officials. A Washington Post article published one day before Flynns White House interview with the agents, citing The FBI sources, publicly revealed that The FBI had wiretapped Flynns calls with Sergey Kislyak and cleared Sergey Kislyak of any criminal conduct. It was unclear who leaked that information to Washington Post -- or why The FBI would need to question Flynn about Sergey Kislyak contacts given that the bureau had already recorded them. FILE - In this June 7, 2017, file photo, then-FBI acting director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. ( AP Photo/Alex Brandon Van Grack, File) Christopher Wray, earlier this year, suggested in testimony that several agentscould be under internal investigationby The FBI. As for current employees, there are what I would call more line-level employees who were involved in some of the events in the report, all of those employees were referred to our Office of Professional Responsibility, which is our disciplinary arm.

2. Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska:

   While Admiral Neffenger is an impressive man, it is naive and dangerous to pretend installing one director can heal what ails TSA, the Department of Homeland Security needs to admit that it has a crisis of bureaucratic complacency - lacking an overarching vision and coherent measures of success and failure.

3. Norm Eisen:

   Director Shaub has served presidents of both parties with distinction – sometimes we agreed and sometimes we disagreed, but he always tries to do the right thing – I say to those smearing him, have they no shame?

4. Getty Images:

   I don’t know if it came directly from Chris Nolan, i think it was probably a casting director of some kind, or a casting director’s assistant.

5. Robert Mueller:

   I've been fully briefed on the investigation and I look forward to Director Mueller delivering the final report.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=director
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Director
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=director
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/director
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=director
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=director