- a book or electronic resource containing lists of information, usually in alphabetical order, for example people’s phone numbers or the names and addresses of businesses in a particular area
- a telephone/trade directory
- a directory of European Trade Associations
Extra ExamplesTopics Phones, email and the internetc1- I found the company's name in a trade directory.
- Names are listed alphabetically in the directory.
- She decided to check the business directory for the address.
- a comprehensive directory of training resources
- a searchable directory of lawyers and law firms
- an online directory that shows who lives at what address
- the 1801 Philadelphia city directory
- the association's 2009 membership directory
- He reached for the thick directory.
- Our website has a link to a detailed directory of names and places.
- We supply an alphabetical directory of local services to every household.
- You can get some useful contacts from a trade directory.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- business
- telephone
- trade
- …
- check
- consult
- compile
- …
- in a/the directory
- directory of
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- a file containing a group of other files or programs in a computer see also root directoryTopics Computersc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- business
- telephone
- trade
- …
- check
- consult
- compile
- …
- in a/the directory
- directory of
- a board in an organization or large store listing the names of departments and where to find them
- There's a store directory over there.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that directs’): from late Latin directorium, from director ‘governor’, from dirigere ‘to guide’.
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