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

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Phrases (1)

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executive director
a senior person responsible for managing an organization's operations

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. By surface analysis, direct + -or.

dīrēctor la-lat dīrēctus Latin

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People & Society Film & Television Theater & Performance

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# 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
- Film & Television
- Theater & Performance

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