director

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dir·ect·or [director directors] BrE [dəˈrektə(r)] NAmE [dəˈrektər] BrE [dɪˈrektə(r)] NAmE [dɪˈrektər] BrE [daɪˈrektə(r)] NAmE [daɪˈrektər] noun
1. one of a group of senior managers who run a company
•the managing director
•an executive/non-executive director
• He's on the board of directors.
2. a person who is in charge of a particular activity or department in a company, a college, etc
•the musical director
•a regional director
•the director of education
3. a person in charge of a film/movie or play who tells the actors and staff what to do
compare ↑producer

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French directour, from late Latin director ‘governor’, from dirigere ‘to guide’.

Thesaurus:
director noun C
•She's on the board of directors.
manager • |BrE managing director • • governor • |informal boss • |especially journalism chief •
work for a director/manager/boss
a company director/manager/managing director/boss/chief
become/make sb a director/manager/governor
Director or manager? Both words can be used to talk about sb who is in charge of a department. However, in a large company, a director is often in charge of several managers.

Example Bank:
•Alan Watt, senior director of marketing and strategy
•Fred Madison, technology program director for the Industrial and Technology Assistance Corp.
•He became associate director of California Ballet in 1983.
•He now felt ready to take on the role of director.
•He was athletic director of Mills College.
•I got a call from the casting director asking me to do a part.
•Milberg is the station manager and programme/program director at WDAM Radio.
•Ms Hidden has replaced her as acting director.
•She is the founding director of graduate programs.
•an eminent museum director and curator
•the company's personnel director
•the company's regional director in North America
•‘It's been a great success,’ said managing director Chris Tomlinson.
•He was musical director at the National Theatre from 1976 to 1997.
•In the report, director of education Keith Nelson says more needs to be done.
•She's on the board of directors.
•The bank's regional director for Wales called an urgent meeting.
•a sales/marketing/finance/personnel/technical manager/director

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  conductor, music director, film director, theater director, theatre director, manager, managing director