OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4542

directory

/dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
directorio
A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
look up an address in the directory
directorio
A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
directorio
A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
[…] at the Ufa State Conference it was it was the union's conception of a directory (rather than a dictatorship) to rule anti-Bolshevik Russia that won the day.
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