directory
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
Noun 4 meanings
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
“look up an address in the directory”
A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
Adjective 1 meaning
Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
Etymology
From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium. By surface analysis, direct + -ory. Doublet of directorium. The political sense is a semantic loan from French directoire.
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DIRECTORY at a glance
DIRECTORY has 9 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + R 1 + E 1 + C 3 + T 1 + O 1 + R 1 + Y 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,788 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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