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)

Examples of directorate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But in March 2023, a final message on the reserve’s website said that a new Russian directorate had been installed. Johanna Chisholm, WIRED, 23 July 2023 The Big Five, through a system of interlocking directorates, also monopolized the industries that surrounded the plantations, namely banking, insurance, shipping, utilities and retailing. Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023 India’s enforcement directorate accused Vivo of tax fraud worth $280 million, seizing at least $60 million from its bank accounts. Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 13 June 2023 If Russia were to deploy nuclear weapons, this directorate would likely install the warheads on the missiles capable of launching them. Kristin Ven Bruusgaard, Foreign Affairs, 6 Feb. 2023 Although the directorate will focus on broad improvements across technology, such as AI and high-performance computing, two of the directorate’s 10 new focus areas are climate or clean-energy related. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2022 Each regional branch has an average of four directorates, and each directorate has 50 to 100 railway stations, which also held their own calls. Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2022 Thirty-one air taxis have crashed in Colombia since 2018, according to the country’s accident investigation directorate. Ian Duncan, Washington Post, 15 July 2023 The European Commission’s antitrust directorate has opened an in-depth investigation of Amazon’s $1.7 billion takeover of vacuum maker iRobot. Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 7 July 2023 See More

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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 3 Oct. 2023.

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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