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How to pronounce directory in English?

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Type Words
Type of reference, book of facts, reference work, reference book
Has types telephone directory, phone book, phonebook, telephone book, blue book
Type Words
Type of listing, list
Has types subdirectory

Examples of directory

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Check out the mall directory and look for the stores you definitely want to hit.
From the stltoday.com
Some boxes are limited to a 24-hour directory, while others have a week's worth.
From the denverpost.com
It also has a brief directory, by state, of people who can provide further help.
From the denverpost.com
While there, pick up a directory, with map, at one of the outdoor display boxes.
From the sacbee.com
It is hoped customers will be able to access a directory of annuity specialists.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
She started a video-based online casting directory, which never really took off.
From the techcrunch.com
But the company had built a separate Avvo health directory and health community.
From the forbes.com
In addition, Bomis hosted a copy of the Open Directory Project search directory.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Others separate attachments from messages and save them in a specific directory.
From the en.wikipedia.org
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  • An alphabetical list of names and addresses
  • (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)
  • Folder, directory, catalog, or drawer, in computing, is a virtual container within a digital file system, in which groups of computer files and other folders can be kept and organized.
  • In computer software, specifically the command line interface of the OpenVMS operating system, the DIRECTORY command (often abbreviated as DIR) is used to list the files inside a directory. It is analogous to the DOS dir and Unix ls commands.
  • A Directorial Republic is a country ruled by a College of several people which jointly exercise the powers of Head of State. This system of government is in contrast both with presidential republics and parliamentary republics. ...
  • A list of names, addresses etc., of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification; : 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 ...
  • (Directories) Directory web sites provide a structured listing of registered web sites in different categories. They are similar to an electronic version of Yellow Pages. Yahoo! and Excite are the best known examples of directories. (Also known as catalogues.)
  • (Directories) A web search tool compiled manually by human editors. Once websites are submitted with information such as a title and description, they are assessed by an editor and, if deemed suitable for addition, will be listed under one or more subject categories. ...
  • (Directories) Similar to search engines, directories are indexes of web pages organized by subject.