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directive
directive
noun
Definition of DIRECTIVE
1
a statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned <the company president regularly issues directives intended for all staff members>
Synonyms behest, charge, commandment, decree, dictate, direction, directive, do, edict, imperative, injunction, instruction, order, word
Related Words demand, requirement; mandate; countermand, counterorder; law, precept, prescript, prescription, rule; ordinance, regulation, statute
2
an order publicly issued by an authority <a directive issued by the archbishop that is to be read during Sunday services at every parish>
Related Words call, conclusion, decision, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, judgment (or judgement), opinion, resolution, verdict; announcement, declaration, dictum, manifesto, proclamation, pronouncement; canon, encyclical
3
a written communication giving information or directions <a growing stack of unread directives from the company's senior vice president>
Related Words announcement, bulletin, declaration, notification, posting, proclamation, pronouncement, release; dispatch, report; edict, pronunciamento, rescript; charge, command, dictate; directions, instructions, orders, word; encyclical, epistle, jotting, letter, mail, message, missive, note, post [chiefly British]
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