director:

(plural: ‘directors‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘di’ rhyme with the letters ‘di’ in “dip” but not with the letters ‘di’ in “die”, however, there are occasions, less commonly, where the letters ‘di’ are said rhyming with the word “die”; and the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound — for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)

to direct = to manage, control, guide, supervise, etc.

a person who directs someone or something:

Steven Spielberg, film director, Hollywood, USA

  • a person who controls and manages an organisation or company or institution (managing director)
  • a person who manages, guides and controls an educational institution  (superior to or like a principal or head-teacher, used in some countries)
  • a person who instructs, guides and supervises the actors and their performance and the production crew in a play, TV show or film (stage director/film director)
  • a person who instructs, guides and monitors an orchestra and chorus (also ‘conductor’ or ‘music director’)
  • a person who, usually along with some others, is in charge of a trust, fund or a special government assignment (a member of a board of directors

Hanh Do, Director, Vietnam Consult & Trading BV

e.g.

A company director is some one who shoulders most of the responsibilities that include treating all share holders equally, avoiding or smoothing out any sort of problems from share holders and customers and also from the staff and the local law officials.

A. R. Rehman is one of the best international music directors who got two Oscar awards in the same year for best music composition.

Alfred Hitchcock and Woody Allen are two of the greatest film directors the international film industry ever had.

Some school directors spend most of their time in meetings with the officials from the Ministry of Education and with the members of  parents and teachers associations so that the schools are run smoothly following the official directives.

a board of directors at a meeting

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