Meaning

7 senses
  1. 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).

    Direktor, Direktorin, Regisseur

    дире́кторdiréktor, режиссёрrežissjór, дирижёрdirižór

    дире́кторdyréktor, дире́кторкаdyréktorka, режисе́рrežysér

    the person who directs the making of a film

  2. A member of a board of directors.

    [...] the confusion between directors who know nothing and managers who know everything [...].

    member of a board of directors

  3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.

  4. That which directs or orientates something.

  5. A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.

  6. The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.

  7. A component of a Yagi–Uda antenna.

Examples

302 sentences
  1. I became a director.

    Я став директором. — deniko

    ruЯ стал директором. — marafon

  2. Who's your favorite movie director?

    Хто є твоїм улюбленим кінорежисером? — lingvokrolik

    ruКто твой любимый кинорежиссёр? — soweli_Elepanto

    deWer ist Ihr Lieblingsfilmregisseur? — mayabe

  3. Who became the new director?

    Хто став новим директором? — deniko

  4. They appointed Tom administrative director.

    Вони призначили Тома адміністративним директором. — deniko

  5. The director is sensitive to criticism.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
supervisor, manager — see also film director:
Русский
By meaning 1
supervisor, manager — see also film director:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
supervisor, manager — see also film director:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīr

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

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Forms

plural: directors

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

22 related words

See also

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