Synonyms for directive

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-rek-tiv, dahy-

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈrɛk tɪv, daɪ-

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Définition of directive

Origin : mid-15c., from Medieval Latin directivus, from past participle stem of Latin dirigere (see direct (v.)). From 1640s as a noun.

noun command, instruction

Example sentences :

Finally, he believed that Paul's directive was too detailed.
Extract from : « Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 » by Morris J. MacGregor, Jr.

You don't have to wait for a directive, and every one of you can find some improvement that could be made.
Extract from : « Final Weapon » by Everett B. Cole

Life, therefore, cannot be an intelligent or a directive energy.
Extract from : « The Problems of Psychical Research » by Hereward Carrington

The political function of the nation is both coercive and directive.
Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe

The directive might also include, in some detail, the action to be taken to this end.
Extract from : « Sound Military Decision » by U.s. Naval War College

The directive indicates an objective, thereby resembling a task.
Extract from : « Sound Military Decision » by U.s. Naval War College

You've come to regard your directive ability as something sacred.
Extract from : « Young Hilda at the Wars » by Arthur Gleason

What should be done with muscle except to supply it with directive brains?
Extract from : « Philosophy and The Social Problem » by Will Durant

Only the steady dot-dot-dot of the directive radio gave them hope.
Extract from : « Gypsy Flight » by Roy J. Snell

In this relation, gravity has no directive or psychic element.
Extract from : « Parallel Paths » by Thomas William Rolleston

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