serving to guide or direct
instruction, order, command
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Directive Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way.
Having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way.
(a.)
Able to be directed; manageable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAble to be directed; manageable.
directive
\di*rect"ive\ (?), a. [ll. directivus: cf. f. directif.]
1. having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way. the precepts directive of our practice in relation to god.
2. able to be directed; manageable. [obs.] swords and bows directive by the limbs.
Llywiadol = a. directive, steering
Llywiannol = a. directive
Noun
1. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"
(hypernym) pronouncement, dictum, say-so
(hyponym) Presidential Directive
(derivation) direct
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) directing, directional, guiding
(similar) leading
Directive Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
(*) 1. A military communication in which policy is established or a specific action is ordered. 2. A plan issued with a view to putting it into effect when so directed, or in the event that a stated contingency arises. 3. Broadly speaking, any communication which initiates or governs action, conduct, or procedure.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense, Joint Doctrine Division. ( About )Directive Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Directive may refer to:
- Directive (European Union), a legislative act of the European Union
- Directive (poem), a highly-acclaimed poem by Robert Frost
- Directives, used by United States Government agencies (particularly the United States Department of Defense) to convey policies, responsibilities, and procedures
- Directive (programming) in a computer program or associated with compiling a program
- A particular kind of speech act which causes the hearer to take a particular action
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