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

Names like Sednaya, and those of other sites run by the military and air force intelligence directorates, marked the boundaries of terror within which an entire society was held captive. —Amer Matar, The Dial, 26 May 2026

The reorganization consolidates several existing directorates and reporting lines, reducing the number of organizational layers between mission teams and senior leadership. —Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 23 May 2026

This group is a combination of what had been the Exploration directorate that oversaw Artemis, and the Space Operations directorate that oversaw flights to the International Space Station. —Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 May 2026

These are being combined into four directorates. —Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2026

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