directory
nounadjectiveattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dɪˈɹɛktəɹi//
- United Kingdom//daɪˈɹɛktəɹi//
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
noun
- 1
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
look up an address in the directory
- 2
A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
- 3
A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
- 4
A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
[…] at the Ufa State Conference it was it was the union's conception of a directory (rather than a dictatorship) to rule anti-Bolshevik Russia that won the day.
Etymology
From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Doublet of directorium. The political sense is a semantic loan from French directoire.
adjective
- 1
Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
Etymology
From Middle English directorye, from Latin dīrēctōrius. By surface analysis, direct + -ory.
Forms
- plural
- directories
- comparative
- more directory
- superlative
- most directory
directory · A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
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