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directorate

[dih-rek-ter-it, dahy-]

noun

  1. the office of a director.

  2. a body of directors.



directorate

/ dɪˈrɛktərɪt, daɪ- /

noun

  1. a board of directors

  2. Also: directorship.the position of director

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of directorate1

1830–40; < French directorat < Late Latin īŧٴǰ director + French -at -ate 3
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"It's clear that criminal organisations are misusing all these long routes," says Marc Vancoillie, head of Belgium's central directorate of drugs.

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On Sunday, Atal Mashwani, the spokesman of the Taliban government's sports directorate, said chess in Islamic sharia law is "considered a means of gambling".

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Gen Moskalik had been the deputy head of the main operational directorate of the military's General Staff.

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The university said job cuts would be made in every school and directorate of the university.

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It calls for deep reform of the intelligence directorate's culture, "fostering intellectual openness, scepticism, listening, learning, debate, and constructive disagreement".

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