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

Instead, Ken Bowersox, associate administrator of NASA’s space operations mission directorate, announced that before the end of August, NASA will hold a high-level flight readiness review to make a final determination on Starliner’s fate. —Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024

Teams working for Gaza’s civil defense directorate recovered 42 bodies in the Bani Suheila area after the Israeli military withdrawal, the organization said on Tuesday. —Jo Shelley, CNN, 30 July 2024

Meanwhile, the funding level for NASA's science mission directorate has dropped. —Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 24 July 2024

This would improve the lander's reliability and provide better thermal conditions for the MAV, according to Sandra Connelly, deputy head of NASA's science mission directorate. —Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 16 Apr. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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