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directorate

noun
/dɪˈɹɛktəɹət/UK/daɪˈɹɛktəɹət/

Etymology

From director + -ate.

  1. derived from dīrēctus
  2. borrowed from dīrēctor
  3. borrowed from directeur
  4. suffixed as directorate — “director + -ate”

Definitions

  1. An agency headed by a director, usually a subdivision of a major government department.

  2. A body of directors.

    • Meronym: managing director
    • The critically low level of rainfall in the second half of 2020 – approaching 50% year on year for November – led the religious affairs directorate to instruct imams and their congregations to pray for rain last month.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA