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Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-rek-ter-it, dahy-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈrɛk tər ɪt, daɪ-



Definition of directorate

Origin :
  • 1837, from director + -ate (1).
  • As in management : noun persons running an organization
  • As in board : noun group of advisers
  • As in bureaucracy : noun system which controls organization
  • As in council : noun people assembled for purpose
  • As in executive : noun person who manages an organization
Example sentences :
  • The very staff of the directorate at the War Office had the same quality.
  • Extract from : « The War in the Air; Vol. 1 » by Walter Raleigh.
  • It came to an end during the directorate of Alexander Lowe, who was appointed in 1856.
  • Extract from : « The Ceramic Art » by Jennie J. Young
  • A directorate—a few directorates—a snug place at Court—who knows?
  • Extract from : « Samba » by Herbert Strang
  • The Directorate will give you a refund of the purchase price.
  • Extract from : « Love Story » by Irving E. Cox, Jr.
  • These subsidiary companies are also controlled by the Directorate.
  • Extract from : « Zeppelin » by Harry Vissering
  • Hartmann and Paul Milliet advised me to inform the directorate of the Opra.
  • Extract from : « My Recollections » by Jules Massenet
  • Are you really going to join the Directorate of the Metropolitan?
  • Extract from : « The Way of Ambition » by Robert Hichens
  • Nor was Mr. Winter the only man of his kidney on that directorate.
  • Extract from : « Queed » by Henry Sydnor Harrison
  • Throughout the five years of the Directorate he had been scheming and working for self-advancement.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of the World » by H. G. Wells
  • The directorate is divided into various functional sectors, for example, one dealing with the press.
  • Extract from : « Area Handbook for Albania » by Eugene K. Keefe

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