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# directory

«directory» in Mova's school dictionary: **a book or list of names, addresses and numbers, arranged…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (directory, directories)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A directory is a book or list of names, addresses and numbers, arranged in order so people can look them up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/directory/#m1)

2) On a computer, a directory is a folder that holds files. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/directory/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a rich man's name is found in the Directory, a list of people of standing; in lessons it names a list of names

### examples

- Look the shop up in the phone directory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/directory/#x1)
- His name is certain to be in the Directory. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/directory/#x2)
- The file is saved in a directory on the computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/directory/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «directory» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/directory/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.