Meaning of director In English

• 0 a manager of an organization, company, college, etc.:

  • the board of directors

  • She has become the director of the new information centre.

• 1 a person who is in charge of a film or play and tells the actors how to play their parts:

  • a famous film/movie director

• 2 a person in charge of an organization or of a particular part of a company’s business:

  • a marketing director

• 3 one of the managers who control a company or an organization:

  • He became director of the new Royal Lyceum Theatre Company

  • serve as/act as a director She is retiring after serving as a director for two three-year terms.

  • be made/be appointed/be elected (as) a director I joined the company in 1999 and was appointed director last year.

  • resign/step down as director She told staff she would step down as director immediately.

  • assistant/associate/deputy director

• 4 a person who leads or controls a particular department or activity in an organization:

  • director of marketing/communications/finance

  • campaign/development director

  • editorial director

  • finance/marketing/policy director