Synonym: conductor, film director, manager, managing director, music director, theater director, theatre director. Similar words: direct, directly, in all directions, direct investment, sector, collector, inspector, the private sector. Meaning: [dɪ'rektə] 
n. 1. someone who controls resources and expenditures 2. member of a board of directors 3. someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show 4. the person who directs the making of a film 5. the person who leads a musical group.
n. 1. someone who controls resources and expenditures 2. member of a board of directors 3. someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show 4. the person who directs the making of a film 5. the person who leads a musical group. 
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121) He rose from office boy to managing director in ten years.
122) He started as a technician and worked his way up through the company to become managing director.
123) He had been widely tipped to get the new post of deputy director.
124) The new director has said that there is a superfluity of staff in the organization, and that cuts must be made.
125) As director of these courses, a great deal will be demanded of him.
126) I'd like to thank the director, the choreographer and the other members of the company for being so supportive.
127) She tried to object, but the director slapped her down.
128) The Director didn't stand on her dignity; she helped clear up after the party.
129) The director is holding auditions next week for the major parts.
130) A new director in this department will really get things moving.
131) Everyone uses the cafeteria, from the managing director down to the office boy.
132) The firm's director is confident that the new project will act as a springboard for/to further contracts.Sentence dictionary
133) She was edged out of the company by the new director.
134) In her speech, the director outlined her vision for the future.
135) The director wants to run through the whole play this morning.
136) What's your job title now - are you managing director?
137) The director wanted Olivia de Havilland, then under contract to Warner Brothers.
138) He is always telling the director how to run the business; that's like teaching one's grandmother how to suck eggs.
139) The director has taken the visitors off to his office.
140) We've received an approach from the director of a rival firm.
141) The new sales director is still a bit of an unknown quantity.
142) She is the director of clandestine operations of the CIA.
143) He started as an office junior and worked his way up through the company to become a director.
144) The director of the company seems to have been involved in some nefarious practices/activities.
145) She tried to ingratiate herself with the director, in the hope of getting promotion.
146) This movie will make or break him as a director.
147) He's decided to stand down after fifteen years as managing director.
148) He had been director of the project since its inception.
149) Bill took up his new position as Works Director in October.
150) They had to do several retakes before the director was satisfied.
More similar words: direct, directly, in all directions, direct investment, sector, collector, inspector, the private sector, actor, doctor, factor, factory, instructor, contractor, correctly, dirt, act on, act out, facto, wire, tire, hire, reck, retire, admire, on fire, fire up, empire, recall, require.