Synonyms for directory

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-rek-tuh-ree, -tree, dahy-

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈrɛk tə ri, -tri, daɪ-

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Définition of directory

Origin : 1540s, "guide, book of rules," from Medieval Latin directorium, noun use of neuter of Latin directorius, from directus (see direct (v.)). Meaning "alphabetical listing of inhabitants of a region" is from 1732; listing of telephone numbers is from 1908. As an adjective, from mid-15c.

noun reference book; guide

Example sentences :

The people at Paris, called the Directory, were worried over our condition.
Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa

Thence to a public library, but could find no satisfactory Schlegel in the directory.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

If you had called on me between twelve and three, you 'd have found me like a directory.
Extract from : « Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. » by Charles James Lever

Besides, as anyone who cares may see, the "General Directory," vol.
Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad

Perhaps the Directory of the county town is the only available volume.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton

Directory of a city, the, as affording profitable reading, 155.
Extract from : « The Book-Hunter » by John Hill Burton

It was called the Directory, and consisted of nine Brethren.
Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

She turned into an office building, and studied the directory in the lobby.
Extract from : « Rebels of the Red Planet » by Charles Louis Fontenay

And when he wants information does he hunt up a directory or a cop?
Extract from : « Torchy » by Sewell Ford

The Directory in the silent and unpopulated lobby was names, all names.
Extract from : « Card Trick » by Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett

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