Definitions for director
dɪˈrɛk tər, daɪ-di·rec·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).

   Etymology: influenced by directorius

2. director(Noun)

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

   Etymology: influenced by directorius

3. director(Noun)

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

   Etymology: 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

   Etymology: [Cf. F. directeur.]

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

   Etymology: [Cf. F. directeur.]

3. Director(noun)

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

   Etymology: [Cf. F. directeur.]

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

   Etymology: [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 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

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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. Hunter S. Thompson:

   Gonzo journalism is a style of reporting based on William Faulkner's idea that the best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism -- and the best journalists have always known this. True gonzo reporting needs the talents of a master journalist, the eye of an artist/photographer and the heavy balls of an actor. Because the writer must be a participant in the scene, while he's writing it -- or at least taping it, or even sketching it. Or all three. Probably the closest analogy to the ideal would be a film director/producer who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least a main character.

2. Romola Garai:

   OK, I’ve had a female director say to me that the male actor is really challenged by aggressive women, so I have to be delicate with the way I speak to him, i said: ‘I can’t tell you how hard that will be for me. I am not that kind of person.’ There are hundreds of misogynistic directors, but an equal number who are not. It’s a mistake to make it a gender split. That’s not helped the cause.

3. Marco Rubio:

   Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, dismissed the idea that the virus could have come from a lab. It was a massive failure in judgment for a prominent public health official, during the campaign, Biden said, I'll choose science over fiction.' Now is his chance to make good on that promise and fire Dr. Fauci.

4. Scott Roxborough:

   I don't think it's his best film but it's a hot topic ... It honors the director and sends a political message at the same time.

5. Vince Vaughn:

   I forged a note from my parents saying it was OK, i ended up reading for the casting director and got a part and an agent.

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