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DIRECTORATE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
Synonyms:
board of directors; directorate
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("directorate" is a kind of...):
board (a committee having supervisory powers)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "directorate"):
staggered board of directors (a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually)
Holonyms ("directorate" is a member of...):
management (those in charge of running a business)
