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Directive   /dərˈɛktɪv/  /dɪrˈɛktɪv/  /daɪrˈɛktɪv/   Listen
Directive

noun
1.
A pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity.



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"Directive" Quotes from Famous Books



... or, more important perhaps still, is there any indication in the conditions of the outside world itself which they should heed, and the influence of which they should admit, in modifying and shaping their policies, before these have become hardened into fixed lines, directive for many years of the future ...
— The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future • A. T. Mahan
... gives her money, ships, and men.— It claps a muffler round the Cock's steel spurs, And leaves me sanguine on his overthrow. But, then,—this coalition of resources Demands a strong and active Cabinet To aid your Majesty's directive hand; And thus I urge again the said additions— These brilliant intellects of the other side Who stand by Fox. ...
— The Dynasts - An Epic-Drama Of The War With Napoleon, In Three Parts, - Nineteen Acts, And One Hundred And Thirty Scenes • Thomas Hardy


Words linked to "Directive" :   pronouncement, leading, dictum, guiding, directivity, direct, say-so


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