{
    "term": "directory",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "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",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a trade directory"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a directory of European Trade Associations"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I found the company's name in a trade directory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Names are listed alphabetically in the directory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She decided to check the business directory for the address."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a comprehensive directory of training resources"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a searchable directory of lawyers and law firms"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an online directory that shows who lives at what address"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the 1801 Philadelphia city directory"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the association's 2009 membership directory"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He reached for the thick directory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our website has a link to a detailed directory of names and places."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We supply an alphabetical directory of local services to every household."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can get some useful contacts from a trade directory."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Phones, email and the internet"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["business", "telephone", "trade"],
                "verb + directory": ["check", "consult", "compile"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the directory", "directory of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a file containing a group of other files or programs in a computer",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Computers"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["business", "telephone", "trade"],
                "verb + directory": ["check", "consult", "compile"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the directory", "directory of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a board in an organization or large store listing the names of departments and where to find them",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There's a store directory over there."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dəˈrektəri//daɪˈrektəri/",
                "audio": "di/directory/directory__gb_4.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dəˈrektəri//daɪˈrektəri/",
                "audio": "di/directory/directory__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the general sense ‘something that directs’): from late Latin directorium, from director ‘governor’, from dirigere ‘to guide’."
}