directorate

noun

di·​rec·​tor·​ate də-ˈrek-t(ə-)rət How to pronounce directorate (audio)
dī-
1
: the office of director
2
a
: a board of directors (as of a corporation)
b
: membership on a board of directors
3
: an executive staff (as of a department)

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For the Friday assault, the Ukrainian air force, intelligence directorate and other commands assembled one of the most diverse mix of munitions for a single operation so far in the 33-month wider war. David Axe, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024 Among the gaggle of prisoners greeted on the Moscow tarmac by Putin on August 1 was Pablo González Yagüe, born Pavel Rubtsov, an operative with Russia's main intelligence directorate (GRU) who had posed as a Spanish journalist. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2024 Additionally, the president should request $1.5 billion for NSF’s STEM education directorate and $500 million for the Education Department’s EIR program. Ulrich Boser, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 To conduct internal repressions, the NKVD built up a network of directorates all over the country: to process such large numbers required an enormous security bureaucracy. Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 27 July 2022 See all Example Sentences for directorate 

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of directorate was in 1837

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“Directorate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/directorate. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

Legal Definition

directorate

noun
di·​rec·​tor·​ate də-ˈrek-tə-rət, dī- How to pronounce directorate (audio)
1
: a board of directors (as of a corporation)
2
: membership on a board of directors

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