Definitions for Directory

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Directory di·rec·to·ry

Spelling: [dih-rek-tuh-ree, -tree, dahy-]

IPA: /dɪˈrɛk tə ri, -tri, daɪ-/

Directory is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 342 anagrams from letters in Directory (cdeiorrty).

Definitions for Directory

noun

1. a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
2. a board or tablet on a wall of a building listing the room and floor numbers of the occupants.
3. a book of directions.
4. Computers. Also called folder. an organizing unit in a computer's file system for storing and locating files. In a hierarchical file system, directories can contain child directories (subdirectories) as well as files. a description of characteristics of a particular file, as the layout of fields within each record.
5. the Directory, French History. the body of five directors forming the executive power of France from 1795 to 1799.

adjective

1. serving to direct; directing; directive.

Origin of Directory

1400-50; late Middle English Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium, noun use of Late Latin dīrēctōrius directorial; in def. 5, translation of French Directoire Medieval L

Examples for Directory

Yoon's letter also noted the change to the "Blue Book"—the U.N. directory of missions.

If you had called on me between twelve and three, you 'd have found me like a directory.

directory of a city, the, as affording profitable reading, 155.

It was called the directory, and consisted of nine Brethren.

Perhaps the directory of the county town is the only available volume.

Thence to a public library, but could find no satisfactory Schlegel in the directory.

Oddly, her crisis-management and communications firm, Smith & Company, is not listed in any directory.

She turned into an office building, and studied the directory in the lobby.

The people at Paris, called the directory, were worried over our condition.

Besides, as anyone who cares may see, the "General directory," vol.