English-Thai Dictionary
directory
N สมุด รายนาม สมุด รายชื่อ list catalogue file register sa-mob-rai-ngan
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
DIRECTORY
a.Containing directions; enjoining; instructing.
DIRECTORY
n. 1. A guide; a rule to direct; particularly, a book containing directions for public worship, or religious services. The Bible is our best directory, in faith and practice.
2. A book containing an alphabetical list of the inhabitants of a city, with their places of abode.
3. The supreme council of France, in the late revolution.
4. A board of directors.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
DIRECTORY
Di *rect "o *ry, a. Etym: [L. directorius.]
Defn: Containing directions; enjoining; instructing; directorial.
DIRECTORY
Di *rect "o *ry, n.; pl. Directories (.
1. A collection or body of directions, rules, or ordinances; esp. , a book of directions for the conduct of worship; as, the Directory used by the nonconformists instead of the Prayer Book.
2. A book containing the names and residences of the inhabitants of any place, or of classes of them; an address book; as, a business directory.
3. Etym: [Cf. F. directoire. ]
Defn: A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic.
4. Direction; guide. [R.] Whitlock.
New American Oxford Dictionary
directory
di rec to ry |diˈrektərē dəˈrɛktəri daɪˈrɛktəri | ▶noun ( pl. directories ) 1 a book listing individuals or organizations alphabetically or thematically with details such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers. • Computing a file that consists solely of a set of other files (which may themselves be directories ). 2 chiefly historical a book of directions for the conduct of Christian worship, esp. in Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches. 3 (the Directory ) the revolutionary government in France 1795 –99, comprising two councils and a five-member executive. It maintained an aggressive foreign policy but could not control events at home and was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that directs ’): from late Latin directorium, from director ‘governor, ’ from dirigere ‘to guide. ’
directory assistance
di rec to ry as sis tance ▶plural noun a telephone service used to find out someone's telephone number.
Oxford Dictionary
directory
dir |ec ¦tory |dɪˈrɛkt (ə )ri, dʌɪ -| ▶noun ( pl. directories ) 1 a book or website listing individuals or organizations alphabetically or thematically with details such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers. • a board in an organization or large store listing names and locations of departments, individuals, etc. • Computing a file which consists solely of a set of other files (which may themselves be directories ). 2 chiefly historical a book of directions for the conduct of Christian worship, especially in Presbyterian and Roman Catholic Churches. 3 ( the Directory ) the revolutionary government in France 1795 –9, comprising two councils and a five-member executive. It maintained an aggressive foreign policy, but could not control events at home and was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that directs ’): from late Latin directorium, from director ‘governor ’, from dirigere ‘to guide ’.
directory enquiries
directory enquiries (N. Amer. directory assistance ) ▶plural noun a telephone service used to find out someone's telephone number.
American Oxford Thesaurus
directory
directory noun a directory of past and present members: index, list, listing, register, catalog, record, archive, inventory.
Oxford Thesaurus
directory
directory noun the London phone directory: index, list, listing, register, catalogue, record, archive, inventory.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
directory
di rec to ry /dərékt (ə )ri |daɪ -/名詞 複 -ries /-z /C 1 人名簿, 住所録, … 帳 (!通例アルファベット順に並べてあるもの ) ; (ビルの )居住 [入居 ]者表示板, 案内板 ▸ a telephone directory 電話帳 2 〘コンピュ 〙(ファイル管理システムの )ディレクトリ, 登録簿 〘ファイルなどを一覧するためのデータ構造 〙▸ a new file created in the current directory 現在のディレクトリに作成された新しいファイル 3 (教会拝礼用などの )訓令集 ; 規則集 .4 〖the D- 〗(フランス革命時代の )総裁政府 〘1795 --99 〙.5 重役 [理事, 幹部 ]会 .形容詞 指揮 [管理 ]の .～̀ ass í stance ｟米 ｠ [enqu í ries ｟英 ｠](電話局の )電話番号案内 .
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