How do you use the word "directory" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "directory" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "directory": I looked up his telephone number in a telephone directory. No, I don't. You had better look it up in a telephone directory.

Directory Meaning

/dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.

nounA structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.

Sentence Examples

I looked up his telephone number in a telephone directory.

No, I don't. You had better look it up in a telephone directory.

CEFR Practice Quiz

Please consult the company ____ to find the employee's phone extension.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I looked up his telephone number in a telephone ____.

Word Origin & History

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.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"[…] 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." — 2015, Jonathan D. Smele, Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926, →ISBN, Union for the Return to the Motherland, page 1243:

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