How to spell director

Director is spelled D-I-R-E-C-T-O-R. Direct plus -OR, like actor and editor: di-rec-tor.

hear itdi·rec·tor/dɪ'rɛktər/nounRules and real life

What it means: A person in charge of an activity or group.

In a sentence: The director showed us how to play the game.

Same family: direction, directive, directorate, directing, directorate. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Director” comes from the Latin verb *dirigere*, meaning “to set straight” or “to guide.” The suffix “-or” in English often means “a person who does something,” so a director is literally a person who guides or leads.

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