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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/, /daɪˈɹɛktəɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle English directorie, dyrectorye, from Medieval Latin dīrectōrium. Doublet of directorium.
Noun
[edit]directory (plural directories)
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- A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
- Hypernyms: list, reference work
- Hyponym: telephone directory
- look up an address in the directory
- (computing) A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
- (computing) 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.
- Synonym: folder
- Hyponyms: home directory, subdirectory
- Coordinate terms: label, pseudodirectory, tag
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]list of names, addresses etc.
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structured listing of files
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simulated folder
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See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English directorye, from Latin dīrectōrius.
Adjective
[edit]directory (not comparable)
- Containing directions; instructing; directorial.
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