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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
di•rec•to•ry /dɪˈrɛktəri, daɪ-/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -ries. 
  1. a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in an area or organization:the telephone directory.
  2. a board or tablet on a wall of a building listing the location of the occupants.
  3. Computing
    • Computing not in competit.'>a division in a structure that organizes the storage of computer files on a disk:You can create a new directory by typing "md.''
    • a listing of such stored files:Bad news: your file is not listed in the directory.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
di•rec•to•ry  (di rek′tə rē, -trē, dī-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries, adj. 
n. 
  1. a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
  2. a board or tablet on a wall of a building listing the room and floor numbers of the occupants.
  3. a book of directions.
  4. Computing
    • a list of files contained in external storage.
    • a description of characteristics of a particular file, as the layout of fields within each record.
  5. World History the Directory, [Fr. Hist.]the body of five directors forming the executive power of France from 1795 to 1799.

adj. 
  1. serving to direct;
    directing;
    directive.
  • Medieval Latin, as above
  • Medieval Latin dīrēctōrium, noun, nominal use of Late Latin dīrēctōrius directorial; in def. 5, translation of French Directoire
  • late Middle English 1400–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
directory / dɪˈrɛktərɪ -trɪ daɪ-/ ( -ries)
  1. a book, arranged alphabetically or classified by trade listing names, addresses, telephone numbers, etc, of individuals or firms
  2. a book or manual giving directions
  3. a book containing the rules to be observed in the forms of worship used in churches
  4. a less common word for directorate2
  5. an area of a disk that contains the names and locations of files currently held on that disk
  1. directing
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Directory / dɪˈrɛktərɪ -trɪ daɪ-/ the Directory ⇒
  1. the body of five directors in power in France from 1795 until their overthrow by Napoleon in 1799
    Also known as: the French Directory

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