Definition of Directorate

1. Noun. A group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution.

Exact synonyms: Board Of Directors
Generic synonyms: Board
Specialized synonyms: Staggered Board Of Directors
Group relationships: Management

Definition of Directorate

1. n. The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.

Definition of Directorate

1. Noun. An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department. ¹

2. Noun. A body of directors. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Directorate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Directorate

directive
directive psychotherapy
directives
directivities
directivity
directly proportional
directness
directnesses
director
director's cut
director's cuts
director-general
director-stockholder relation
director of research
directorate (current term)
directorates
directorial
directorially
directories
directorless
directors
directorship
directorships
directory
directoryless
directour
directours
directress
directresses

Literary usage of Directorate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to ...Politica (1993)
"New Mexico Army Materiel Test directorate, Department of the Army, ... Army Intelligence and Electronic Warfare directorate, US Army CECOM RDEC, ..."

2. Accounting for Pow/Mias from the Korean War and the Vietnam War: Hearing edited by Robert K. Dornan (1998)
"STATEMENTS OF J. ALAN LIOTTA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEFENSE POW/MIA OFFICE [DPMO]; ACCOMPANIED BY NORM KASS, DIRECTOR, JOINT COMMISSION SUPPORT directorate; ..."

3. War and Waste: A Series of Discussions of War and War Accessories by David Starr Jordan (1913)
"In brief, the "Interlocking directorate" is a device whereby one great financial institution keeps itself in touch with many others, insuring unity of ..."

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