Definition of Directories

1. Noun. (plural of directory) ¹

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Definition of Directories

1. directory [n] - See also: directory

Medical Definition of Directories

1. Lists of persons or organizations, systematically arranged, usually in alphabetic or classed order, giving address, affiliations, etc., for individuals, and giving address, officers, functions, and similar data for organizations. (ala glossary of library and information science, 1983) (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Directories

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

Literary usage of Directories

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

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"This feature has been imitated in the " Irish Catholic Directory" and in the Catholic directories of the United States. Hence the widespread idea that ..."

2. Exporting to Latin America: A Handbook for Merchants, Manufacturers and by Ernst B. Filsinger (1916)
"Local foreign directories. 3. directories of the world. 4. Lists supplied by companies engaged in supplying such names. 5. Names furnished by export trade ..."

3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1901)
"directories. $2. Farm Implement News Co., Chicago. Merchants and manufacturers mailing guide. $1.50; pn. net $1. Office of merchants and Manufacturers' ..."

4. The Library, the School and the Child by Ralph Lester Power, John Whitehall Emery (1917)
"This collection is made up almost entirely of directories, including city and town books, directories covering entire counties and states, and special trade ..."

5. "Where to Find It": An Index to Sources of Information on All Subjects of by Henry Jacobs (1911)
"directories—See Genealogy. Before directing the attention of the reader to the numerous directories, ever. importance to them in finding in them many a ..."

6. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association, Richard Rogers Bowker, Charles Ammi Cutter (1907)
"Dictionaries, directories: As your calls come, would these be most useful under Dictionaries and directories; or under, eg, Technical dictionaries, ..."

7. The Constitutions and Other Select Documents Illustrative of the History of by Frank Maloy Anderson (1904)
"The district administrations and directories shall be entirely subordinate to the department administrations and directories. 29. The district councils may ..."

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