Collocations for "director"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "director" in context.
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director
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [band, choir, orchestra] director
- the director of the [band]
- a (famous) movie director
- UK: a film director
- is a [brilliant, artistic, groundbreaking] director
- the [school, company] director
- the [new, previous, acting, current, general, managing] director
- the [regional, assistant, deputy, executive] director
- the [marketing, sales, personnel] director
- a [medical, financial, legal] director
- the director of [research, operations, maintenance]
- is on the board of directors
- is the director in charge [of, here]
- the [music, artistic, sound] director
- the director of [hits, movies] such as
- the director may [require, issue, decide]
- in the director's chair
- the director's cut
'director' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
absence
- account
- accountable
- acting
- actress
- administration
- advertising
- agency
- answer
- assistant
- associate
- association
- athletic
- capacity
- caretaker
- casting
- chain
- choir
- chuck
- crane
- crank
- creative
- cruise
- cue
- current
- deputy
- district
- dock
- drip
- embassy
- executive
- faculty
- fairness
- fault
- film
- finance
- firing
- founder
- friendly
- funeral
- general
- good
- incoming
- influential
- install
- interim
- invitation
- journal
- kiss
- lace