director

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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).
A member of a board of directors.
A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
That which directs or orientates something.
A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.
A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/ /daɪˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/ /daɪ̯əˈɹɛk.tə(ɹ)/ /dɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/ /daɪˈɹɛk.tɚ/ en-us-director.ogg /dɪˈɹek.tə(ɹ)/ /dɑɪˈɹek.tə(ɹ)/

Word forms

director directors directer directour

Etymology

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

Derived words

art director co-director codirector deputy director directorate director circle director conic director general director-general directorish directoritis directorless directorly director musices director of first impressions director of music director of photography directorship flight director funeral director guinea pig director hand director managing director multidirector nondirector superdirector vice-director vice director

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