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Antonyms for directorate
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
- 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
Synonyms for directorate
- administration
- administrator
- advisers
- advisory group
- assembly
- authority
- beadledom
- big wheel
- board
- body
- boss
- bosses
- brain trust
- brass
- businessperson
- cabinet
- CEO
- chamber
- chief
- city hall
- civil service
- clan
- co
- commander
- committee
- conclave
- confab
- conference
- congregation
- congress
- convention
- convocation
- council
- diet
- director
- directorate
- directors
- employers
- entrepreneur
- exec
- execs
- executive
- executive suite
- executives
- front office
- gang
- gathering
- governing body
- government
- governor
- groupthink
- head
- head honcho
- head person
- heavyweight
- hierarchy
- higher-up
- huddle
- industrialist
- jury
- key player
- kitchen cabinet
- leader
- leadership
- mainframe
- management
- manager
- meet
- micro management
- ministry
- mob
- officer
- official
- official family
- officialdom
- officials
- outfit
- panel
- parliament
- person upstairs
- powers that be
- powwow
- red tape
- regulatory commission
- ring
- senate
- skipper
- supervisor
- synod
- the Establishment
- the system
- top brass
- trustees
- tycoon
- upstairs
- VIP
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