director Definition
di·rec·tor (di rek′tər; also dī-)
noun
a person or thing that directs or controls; specif.,
- the head of a project, bureau, school, etc.; supervisor
- a member of a board chosen to direct the affairs of a corporation or institution
- ☆ a person who directs a play, film, etc.
- Music a conductor
Etymology: Anglo-Fr directour < LL director
director Related Forms
di·rec′·tor·ship′ noun
director Synonyms
director
n.
An executive officer
manager, supervisor, executive; see administrator, leader 2.Person in charge of a theatrical production
producer, impresario, stage director, motion-picture director, auteur, filmmaker, régisseur (French), television director; see also leader 3.
director Law Definition
n
Of a corporation, an
individual selected to serve on its board
of directors and thereby oversee the management of its affairs.
director Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- company: A director of a company may in certain circumstances be made liable for the debts of the company of which he is a director.
- finance: The director of finance and housing, David Robertson, is recommending that the Christmas bonus should be £ 30.
Converse of object
- manage: Peter Strachan, managing director of Arriva Trains Wales, said his company was learning lessons from Denmark.
- appoint: Fast 5-7 days incorporation service which enables you to appoint director & shareholders details straight away.
- elect: Employees must be given the same status as shareholders and the consequent right to elect directors to the Board.
Adjective modifier
- non-executive: Non-Executive Directors are members of the public who are appointed onto the Trust Board.
- executive: I believe my input so far has been useful to both the executive directors and the DT Board.
- artistic: Who came in Jonathan Church, as artistic director, in 2001.
- funeral: All available services at both cemeteries may be booked through local funeral directors.
- deputy: Graham joins from TBWA London where he has been deputy creative director since 2004.
- former: Founding Artistic Director of the renowned Green Room Arts Center in Manchester she is also former Director of the Merseyside Festival of Comedy.
Modifies a noun
- disqualification: Curiously enough in directors disqualification actions there is no requirement that the parties have to give disclosure of the documents that they hold.
- marty: Rounds on television where the tournament winning director marty doyle's room quot.
- general: The BBC director general, Mark Thompson, is also talking to staff today about the wider implications of the Creative Future review.
Noun used with modifier
- managing: Published: 30 May 2005 Charged up Volt's new managing director Stephanie Elliott has had to get used to a new culture.. .
- nominee: A nominee director is someone who in fact is renting his or her name to you.
- finance: I asked my old finance director from the Firkin pubs what I should do.
- marketing: Brothers big sisters is unique commercial marketing director cell.
- executive: Day-to-day management will rest with the remaining executive directors who will report to a management committee chaired by Allen Thomas, the Chairman.
- associate: Who came in Michael Grandage ( associate director ) Angela Galvin ( chief executive ).
Browse dictionary entries near director
- ‹ Directoire
- ‹ directly
- ‹ directivity
- ‹ directive
- ‹ directions
- ‹ directionality
- ‹ directional
- ‹ direction finder
- ‹ direction
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