director A2 Topic:People & Society US /dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/ UK /dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #1178 Meanings 1 noun A person who is in charge of a department, company, or organization. She was promoted to director of marketing. 2 noun The person who guides the making of a film, play, or show. The film's director won an award for her work. 3 noun A member of the board that runs a company. The board of directors met to discuss the budget. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who is in charge... managermanaging director 2 noun · the person who guides the... film director Word family Forms directors Derived forms co-directorcodirectordirector-generaldirectoratedirectorishdirectoritisdirectorlessdirectorlydirectorshipmultidirectornondirectorsuperdirector Common collocations executive director Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct + -or. dīrēctor la-lat dīrēctus Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Entertainment & Leisure External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # director **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 1178 ## Meanings 1. A person who is in charge of a department, company, or organization. 2. The person who guides the making of a film, play, or show. 3. A member of the board that runs a company. ## Examples - She was promoted to director of marketing. - The film's director won an award for her work. - The board of directors met to discuss the budget. ## Derived Forms - co-director - codirector - director-general - directorate - directorish - directoritis - directorless - directorly - directorship - multidirector - nondirector - superdirector ## Roots and Affixes - Root: dīrēctor - Root: dīrēctus ## Etymology Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct + -or. ## AI Etymology director was borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct + -or. The historical chain includes la-lat dīrēctor, Latin dīrēctus. Current senses include A person who is in charge of a department, company, or organization and The person who guides the making of a film, play, or show. English relatives and later formations include co-director, codirector, director-general. ## Topics - People & Society - Entertainment & Leisure markdown