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directive::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | directing, directional, guiding |
| Derivation | direct, directiveness, directivity |
directive::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | dictum, pronouncement, say-so |
| Has types | presidential directive |
| Derivation | direct |
the boss loves to send us directives.
Examples of directive
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After Faqih's new directive, Asaad says she feels women's efforts have paid off.
From the dailyherald.com
Stop by for information about advance care planning and advance directive forms.
From the courier-journal.com
Marissa Mayer's directive for Yahoo reinvigorated the debate over telecommuting.
From the washingtonpost.com
Conduct business contract reviews at assigned accounts per management directive.
From the jobview.monster.com
To this end, the European Commission hopes to publish a draft directive in June.
From the economist.com
Chirac wants the directive on services dumped because it is helping the No vote.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Southwest helped develop the program in 1999, before it became an FAA directive.
From the foxbusiness.com
Small print in the directive can make it more useful than the Sale of Goods Act.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The Timeshare directive follows a 27% increase in complaints over the past year.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"
- Directing: showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"
- (directivity) the property of a microphone or antenna of being more sensitive in one direction than in another; "the antenna received signals with no directivity"
- European Union law (historically called European Community law) is a body of treaties, law and court judgements which operates alongside the legal systems of the European Union's member states. ...
- A directive is a legislative act of the European Union, which requires member states to achieve a particular result without dictating the means of achieving that result. It can be distinguished from regulations which are self-executing and do not require any implementing measures. ...
- In computer programming, the term directive is applied in a variety of ways that are similar to the term command. It is also used to describe some programming language constructs (e.g. those specifying how a compiler or assembler should process its input).
- In electromagnetics, directivity is a figure of merit for an antenna. It measures the power density an actual antenna radiates in the direction of its strongest emission, relative to the power density radiated by an ideal isotropic radiator antenna radiating the same amount of total power. ...
- An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal; An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force; A form of legislative act addressed to the Member States. ...
- (directivity) The effect of earthquake motion propagation being greater in the direction of the rupture
