I looked up his telephone number in a telephone directory.
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Directory
Synonyms for "directory" (196 found)
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accountacquaintanceadministrationadvisory bodyalmanach de gothaannouncementassemblyassociationatlasbaedekerbenchbibliographyblue bookboardboard of directorsboard of regentsboard of trusteesbody of advisersborough councilbrain trust
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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Strong matches (58)
Noun(7 words)
catalogue raisonnechamberchecklistchiefcity councilcity directoryclassified catalogclassified directorycommandingcommon councilcommunicationcommuniqueconcordanceconferencecongressconsultative assemblycontrollingcouncilcouncil firecouncil of ministers
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council of statecouncil of warcounty councilcourtcyclopediadatadatumdeliberative assemblydiatesserondictionary catalogdietdirectingdirectivedirectoratedispatchdivandopeencyclopediaenlightenmentevidenceexecutiveexecutive armexecutive committeeexecutive hierarchyfactsfactual informationfamiliarizationfinding listgazetteergengenealogy
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general informationgoodsgoverninggoverning boardgoverning bodyguidebookhandbookhandlisthandouthard informationharmonyheadincidental informationindexinfoinformationinfrastructureinstructionintelligenceinterlocking directorate
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itineraryjuntakitchen cabinetknowknowledgeleadinglegislaturelightlistmanagementmanagerialmanagingmentionmessagenoticenotificationparish councilpedigreephone bookpolyglotpresentationprivy councilpromotional materialproofpublicationpublicityrecord bookred bookreference bookregulatoryreleasereportroad maproadbookrollroyal kalendarsanhedrinscoopsidelightsocial registersource booksovietstaffstatementsteering committeestudbooksyndicatesynodtelephone booktelephone directorythe administrationthe brassthe dopethe executivethe goodsthe knowthe people upstairsthe scooptop brasstransmissiontribunalus cabinetwhite bookwhite paperwordwork of referenceyellow pages
Noun(11 words)
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12 entriesbook of factscatalogingdata organizationdata structurefilesystemlistlistingorganizationreferencereference bookreference worksystem
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12 entriesaddress directorycity directorydocuments directoryfile directoryhome directoryimages directoryphone directoryroot directorystaff directorysystem directorytemporary directoryvideos directory
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12 entriesaddress directorydirectory informationdirectory listingdirectory pathdirectory structuredocuments directoryhome directoryimages directoryphone directoryroot directoryvideos directoryworking directory
Inflections
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7 entriesSample sentences
12 total sentences available.
No, I don't. You had better look it up in a telephone directory.
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May I see the telephone directory?
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I'm not sure what his number is. You'll have to look it up in the telephone directory.
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