directory

CEFRB1

/dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A list of names, addresses, or information.

  2. 02

    noun

    A computer folder containing files.

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.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. 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.

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

More examples

In context

  • look up an address in the directory

  • […] 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.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.