Dictionary

directorate en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈɹɛktəɹət/ (UK)
• /daɪˈɹɛktəɹət/
• (General-American) audio

Etymology

From director + -ate.

Meanings

1. An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.
2. A body of directors.
   • Meronym: managing director
   • The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month. 2021 January 13, Bethan McKernan, “Turkey drought: Istanbul could run out of water in 45 days”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2025:

Forms

Synonyms

directorship

Translations (21)

hu csoportfőnökség (an agency headed by a director) · pl dyrekcja (an agency headed by a director) · kk директорат (an agency headed by a director) · fr direction (an agency headed by a director) · el διευθυντήριο (an agency headed by a director) · ru дире́кция (an agency headed by a director) · fi direktoraatti (an agency headed by a director) · ru управле́ние (an agency headed by a director) · sk riaditeľstvo (an agency headed by a director) · hi निदेशालय (an agency headed by a director) · ru директора́т (an agency headed by a director) · sv direktorat (an agency headed by a director) · ru правле́ние (an agency headed by a director) · id direktorat (an agency headed by a director) · cs ředitelství (an agency headed by a director) · hy տնօրինություն (an agency headed by a director) · hu igazgatóság (an agency headed by a director) · pl dyrektoriat (an agency headed by a director) · de Direktorium (an agency headed by a director) · mi poari whakahaere (an agency headed by a director) · da direktorat (an agency headed by a director)