directornoun [ C ]
uk/daɪˈrek.tər//dɪˈrek.tər/us/daɪˈrek.tɚ//dɪˈrek.tɚ/director noun [ C ] (MANAGER)
B1 a manager of an organization, company, college, etc.:
the board of directors
She has become the director of the new information centre.
US someone in charge of a school for very young children
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- Has the director given you permission to do that?
- He's just been appointed (as) director of the publishing division.
- The education director is trying to obtain additional funding for the school.
- The new director is likely to make major changes in personnel.
- There's a board of five directors, but she is the Managing Director.
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Bosses & managers
- administration
- captain of industry
- CEO
- chief executive
- chief executive officer
- founder
- gangmaster
- general
- Goliath
- governance
- governor
- magnate
- manager
- manageress
- managing director
- middle management
- overseer
- taskmaster
- top brass
- vice president
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Teachers
director noun [ C ] (FILM MAKER)
B1 a person who is in charge of a film or play and tells the actors how to play their parts:
a famous film/movie director
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producer
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Cinema & theatre: production, direction & recording
- audition
- auteur
- computer-animated
- direct
- dress rehearsal
- editor
- effect
- filmmaker
- make
- moviemaker
- picturize
- produce
- prop
- rehearsal
- run-through
- set
- setting
- stage
- staging
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directorial
adjective uk/ˌdɪr.ekˈtɔː.ri.əl/us/ˌdɪr.ekˈtɔːr.i.əl/
Is she ready for directorial responsibility?