directorate

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

US /dɪˈrɛktərɪt/ UK /dɪˈrɛktərət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
a board of directors or a section of an organization they head

The new policy came down from the intelligence directorate.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a board of directors or a... boarddirectorshipmanagement council committee

Word family

Related forms director direct direction directive

Etymology

From director plus the suffix -ate denoting office or body; director is from Late Latin director ('guide'), from Latin dirigere ('to direct'), from regere ('to rule straight').

director Late Latin dirigere Latin regere Latin *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# directorate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈrɛktərɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈrɛktərət/

## Meanings
1. a board of directors or a section of an organization they head

## Examples
- The new policy came down from the intelligence directorate.

## Synonyms
- board
- directorship
- management
- council
- committee

## Related Forms
- director
- direct
- direction
- directive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: director
- Root: dirigere
- Root: regere
- Root: *h₃reǵ-

## Etymology
From director plus the suffix -ate denoting office or body; director is from Late Latin director ('guide'), from Latin dirigere ('to direct'), from regere ('to rule straight').

## AI Etymology
Directorate is from director plus the suffix -ate denoting office or body; director is from Late Latin director ('guide'), from Latin dirigere ('to direct'), from regere ('to rule straight'). The ancestry passes through Late Latin director, Latin dirigere, Latin regere, and Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. In present use as a noun, it means "a board of directors or a section of an organization they head", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include director, direct, direction, and directive.

## Topics
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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