director general
di·rec·tor gen·er·al
D d Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [dih-rek-ter, dahy- jen-er-uh l]
- /dɪˈrɛk tər, daɪ- ˈdʒɛn ər əl/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [dih-rek-ter, dahy- jen-er-uh l]
- /dɪˈrɛk tər, daɪ- ˈdʒɛn ər əl/
Definitions of director general words
- noun plural director general the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government. 1
- noun director general chief executive 1
- countable noun director general The director general of a large organization such as the BBC is the person who is in charge of it. 0
- noun director general the highest-ranking executive office in a large organization such as the CBI or the BBC 0
- noun director general the head of a large organization such as the CBI or BBC 0
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Origin of director general
First appearance:
before 1875 One of the 25% newest English words
First recorded in 1875-80
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Parts of speech for Director general
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
director general popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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