word-vault/dist/data/cards/di/director.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "director",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "one of a group of senior managers who run a company",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **non-executive director**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's on **the board of directors**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Corporate governance means the relationship between shareholders, directors and managers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is a director at the Centre for Consumer Research."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Pension rules are different if you are self-employed or a company director."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Employees and directors have been offered stock options."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["company", "managing", "executive"],
                "phrases": ["the board of directors", "the post of director"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person in charge of a film or play who tells the actors and staff what to do",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a famous **film director**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He remained active in the theatre as a playwright and director."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the writer and director of the movie ‘Wind River’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are there any actors or directors you would particularly like to work with?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was an opportunity to meet the cast and director backstage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She wrote the screenplay and wanted Evans as director."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre", "Jobs"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["film", "movie", "theatre/​theater"],
                "phrases": ["the role of director"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who is in charge of a particular activity or department in a company, a college, etc.",
            "sensetop": "director of something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was **artistic director** of the city's photography festival."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was musical director at the National Theatre."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **deputy/assistant/associate director**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the finance/marketing/technical director"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the director of marketing/operations/communications",
                    "contextForm": "director of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is assistant director of market research for IDFA."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She recently served as director of the Longwood Arts Project in the Bronx."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the company's regional director in North America"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an eminent museum director and curator"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chocolate company's director of marketing made a statement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the company's personnel director"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Alan Watt, senior director of marketing and strategy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dianne is deputy director of public affairs for USDA Rural Development."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He became associate director of California Ballet in 1983."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the report, director of education Keith Nelson says more needs to be done."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Fred Madison, technology program director for the Industrial and Technology Assistance Corp"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was athletic director of Mills College."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got a call from the casting director asking me to do a part."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Milberg is the station manager and program director at WDAM Radio."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ms Hidden has replaced her as acting director."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is the founding director of graduate programs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bank's regional director for Wales called an urgent meeting."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["company", "managing", "executive"],
                "phrases": ["the board of directors", "the post of director"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dəˈrektə(r)//daɪˈrektə(r)/",
                "audio": "di/director/director__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dəˈrektər//daɪˈrektər/",
                "audio": "di/director/director__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French directour, from late Latin director ‘governor’, from dirigere ‘to guide’."
}