directories
- 1Plural of directory.
Several online directories now compete with the printed listings people once relied on.
The system organizes thousands of files across dozens of nested directories.
Note
A regular plural that turns the final y into -ies, as nouns ending in a consonant plus y do. It belongs only to the noun: printed listings of names, folders in a file system, or collegial executives. The old adjective meaning "containing directions" has no plural, so directories always names things. In computing, the plural often describes nesting, because one directory can hold others.
directories is a form of directory
directory, noun: A list of names, addresses, and similar details for a particular group of people or organizations, usually arranged alphabetically or by category. Full entry
- Forms
- directorydirectories plural
- Spelling
- directory → directories: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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