directory
/dɪˈɹɛktəɹi/ noun B2- A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification. · look up an address in the directory
- A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
- A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
- A form of government with a collegial executive whose members jointly exercise power; the executive of such a government.
Plural directories
From the library
The telephone directory lay on the table beside me, and I turned over the pages in a rather hopeless quest.
Sure enough there was the name in the London Telephone Directory.
“As to the latter part, I have no means of checking you,” said I, “but at least it is not difficult to find out a few particulars about the man’s age and professional career.” From my small medical shelf I took down the Medical Directory and turned up the name.
“Let me have the Hotel Directory,” said Holmes.
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