directorate

noun

di·​rec·​tor·​ate də-ˈrek-t(ə-)rət 

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)

Examples of directorate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And soon after, another group of women created a mentoring program for women that reached across Agency directorates. —Christina Hillsberg, People.com, 16 June 2025

The Boeing 787-8 crashed into a residential area called Meghani Nagar five minutes after taking off at 1:38 p.m., Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, the director general of the directorate of civil aviation, told AP. —Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025

By contrast, other directorates appeared on first glance to have fared better. —Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025

Under India’s commerce ministry, the directorate implemented the trade policy shift in another escalation of tensions between the two countries since Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted last summer. —Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 19 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for directorate

• electorate
• inspectorate
• protectorate

Legal Definition

directorate

noun

di·​rec·​tor·​ate də-ˈrek-tə-rət, dī- 

1

: a board of directors (as of a corporation)

2

: membership on a board of directors