Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The office or position of a director.
- noun A board of directors, as of a corporation.
- noun The entire staff of a bureau or department.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun l.The office of a director.
- noun A body of directors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of director; also, a body of directors taken jointly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
agency headed by adirector , usually a subdivision of a major government department. - noun A body of directors.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
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Examples
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The intelligence directorate is “satisfied with mediocre written products closed-minded and unwilling to consider new and different ideas,” the senior analyst added.
CIA only an 'ok' place to work, jobs Web site says Jeff Stein 2010
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This directorate is responsible for developing policies for and investigating incidents of the use of force by PSC.
David Isenberg: Let's Have Reality Based Discussion on PSC Use David Isenberg 2010
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The intelligence directorate is "satisfied with mediocre written products ... closed-minded and unwilling to consider new and different ideas," the senior analyst added.
CIA employees weigh in on workplace through Glassdoor Web site Jeff Stein 2010
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This directorate is responsible for developing policies for and investigating incidents of the use of force by PSC.
David Isenberg: Let's Have Reality Based Discussion on PSC Use David Isenberg 2010
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This directorate is responsible for developing policies for and investigating incidents of the use of force by PSC.
David Isenberg: Let's Have Reality Based Discussion on PSC Use David Isenberg 2010
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The intelligence directorate is "satisfied with mediocre written products ... closed-minded and unwilling to consider new and different ideas," the senior analyst added.
CIA employees weigh in on workplace through Glassdoor Web site Jeff Stein 2010
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The intelligence directorate is "satisfied with mediocre written products ... closed-minded and unwilling to consider new and different ideas," the senior analyst added.
CIA employees weigh in on workplace through Glassdoor Web site Jeff Stein 2010
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This directorate is responsible for developing policies for and investigating incidents of the use of force by PSC.
David Isenberg: Let's Have Reality Based Discussion on PSC Use David Isenberg 2010
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"The agency directorate is basically sitting on the report until after the election," the official continued.
10/21/2004 2004
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"The agency directorate is basically sitting on the report until after the election," the official continued.
Boing Boing: October 17, 2004 - October 23, 2004 Archives 2004
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