- director
- noun1 controls a company/an organizationADJECTIVE▪ company, managing▪ executive, non-executive▪ assistant, associate, deputy▪ senior▪
Alan Watt, senior director of marketing and strategy
▪ founding▪She is the founding director of graduate programs.
▪ acting, interim▪Ms Hidden has replaced her as acting director.
▪ art, commercial, communications, editorial, finance, marketing, medical, production, sales, technical▪ national, regional▪the company's regional director in North America
▪ athletic▪He was athletic director of Mills College.
▪ personnel▪the company's personnel director
▪ museum▪an eminent museum director and curator
▪ programme/program (esp. AmE)▪Fred Madison, technology program director for the Industrial and Technology Assistance Corp.
PHRASES▪ the board of directors▪ the post of director (esp. BrE)2 of a film/movie, play, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE), theatre/theater▪ Bollywood, Hollywood, etc.▪ artistic, creative, musical▪ casting▪I got a call from the casting director asking me to do a part.
▪ associate▪He became associate director of California Ballet in 1983.
▪ programme/program▪Milberg is the station manager and programme/program director at WDAM Radio.
▪ award-winningPHRASES▪ the role of director▪He now felt ready to take on the role of director.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.