directorate
An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government departmentAn agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.
» The general inspector of the national police oversees regional or central directorates.
Meaning
2 sensesAn agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.
Direktorium
директора́тdirektorát, управле́ниеupravlénije, правле́ниеpravlénije
A body of directors.
Meronym: managing director
- a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
Examples
3 sentencesThe general inspector of the national police oversees regional or central directorates.
The KGB had departments called directorates.
Over three million Indonesians have become new tax payers in the last year, according to the Directorate General of Taxation.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From director + -ate.From director + -ate.
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Forms
plural: directorates| Singular | directorate |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution:board of directors