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DIRECTORATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does directorate mean? 

DIRECTORATE (noun)
  The noun DIRECTORATE has 1 sense:

1. a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institutionplay

  Familiarity information: DIRECTORATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DIRECTORATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

board of directors; directorate

Hypernyms ("directorate" is a kind of...):

board (a committee having supervisory powers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "directorate"):

staggered board of directors (a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually)

Holonyms ("directorate" is a member of...):

management (those in charge of running a business)


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