director
part of speech
noun (a director, directors)
meaning for a pupil
1) A director is the person in charge of making a film, play or TV programme who tells the actors and crew what to do. tree →
2) A director is one of the people who run a company or a large organisation. tree →
3) A director is the head of a department or project: "the museum director", "the director of music". tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories and media lessons, the director decides how a film or play looks. In everyday life companies have a board of directors. In school, a "funeral director" is a polite name for an undertaker. Phrases: film director, managing director, board of directors, director of studies, funeral director.
examples
- The director shouted "Action!" tree →
- Our music teacher is the director of the school choir. tree →
- Steven Spielberg is a famous film director. tree →
- The company has five directors. tree →
- The museum director showed us the dinosaur bones. tree →
- The funeral director arranged everything kindly. tree →
- She wants to be a theatre director when she grows up. tree →
- He was a director of a theatre, a manager of masked balls, and a leader of all the amusements we can imagine. tree →
note
Countable: a director, directors. Ends in -or, not -er. Related: direct, direction. In the UK "managing director" is the boss of a company; in the USA they often say "CEO".
In the corpora
- After a show the director gives praise and notes, small changes to make it better next time; good work can still improve.
- "Funeral director" is the official name for an undertaker, the person who arranges funerals.
- Pallbearers carry the coffin; they may be family, friends or people who work for the funeral director.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «director» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.