Collocations for "directory"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "directory" in context.
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directory
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [telephone, phone, business, store, restaurant] directory
- a directory of [phone numbers, local businesses]
- an [internet, online] directory
- check the directory (for)
- look it up in the directory
- a directory of [player, translation, property, show business] agents
- look up the [number, address] in a directory
- use a directory to [find, look up, get] the [number]
- I'm sorry, the number's not in [our, the] directory
- the directory lists [members, addresses, details]
- the directory is [arranged, ordered] by [city, state, business type]
- the directory is arranged [thematically, alphabetically, geographically]
- create a new [site, file, drive] directory
- [stored, saved] in the file directory
- view the website directory
- the [store, shop] directory in the mall
- the mall's store directory
- [run, perform, do] a directory search
- [view, sort, arrange] the directory [listings, results]
'directory' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):