What does directive mean?

Definitions for directive
dɪˈrɛk tɪv, daɪ-di·rec·tive

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word directive.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. directiveadjective

    a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity

    "the boss loves to send us directives"

  2. directing, directional, directive, guidingadjective

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. directivenoun

    An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.

  2. directivenoun

    An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.

  3. directivenoun

    A form of legislative act addressed to the Member States. The directive binds the Member State to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.

  4. directiveadjective

    that directs

  5. directiveadjective

    serving to direct, indicate, or guide.

  6. directiveadjective

    relating to the directive case

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Directivenoun

    Etymology: from direct.

    A law therefore generally taken, is a directive rule unto goodness of operation. Richard Hooker, b. i. s. 7.

    A power of command there is without all question, tho’ there be some doubt in what faculty this command doth principally reside, whether in the will or the understanding. The true resolution is, that the directive command for counsel is in the understanding; and the applicative command, or empire, for putting in execution of what is directed, is in the will. John Bramhall, against Hobbs.

    On the directive powers of the former, and the regularity of the latter, whereby it is capable of direction, depends the generation of all bodies. Nehemiah Grew, Cosm. Sac. b. ii. c. 1.

    Nor visited by one directive ray,
    From cottage streaming, or from airy hall. James Thomson, Aut.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Directiveadjective

    having power to direct; tending to direct, guide, or govern; showing the way

  2. Directiveadjective

    able to be directed; manageable

  3. Etymology: [LL. directivus: cf. F. directif.]

Wikidata

  1. Directive

    In computer programming, a directive or pragma is a language construct that specifies how a compiler should process its input. Directives are not part of the language proper – they are not part of the grammar, and may vary from compiler to compiler – but instead function either as an in-band form of a command-line option, specifying compiler behavior, or are processed by a preprocessor. In some cases directives specify global behavior, while in other cases they only affect a local section, such as a block of programming code. In some cases, such as some C pragmas, directives are optional compiler hints, and may be ignored, but normally they are prescriptive, and must be followed. However, a directive does not perform any action in the language itself, only change the behavior of the compiler. This term could be used to refer to proprietary third party tags and commands embedded in code that result in additional executable processing that extend the existing compiler, assembler and language constructs present in the development environment. The term "directive" is also applied in a variety of ways that are similar to the term command.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. directive

    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.

Editors Contribution

  1. directive

    A form of legislation.

    The European Union creates a large number of directives.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'directive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3980

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'directive' in Nouns Frequency: #1670

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of directive in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of directive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of directive in a Sentence

  1. Martin Membery:

    Solvency II has driven some M&A activity and this may well accelerate in the lead-up to implementation of the directive.

  2. The Luxembourg finance ministry:

    Luxembourg, spontaneously and upon request, exchanges information on rulings with other countries, as foreseen by non-double taxation treaties, these developments are in line with Luxembourg's commitment to the initiative of the EU Commission to quickly present a draft directive aimed at introducing a mandatory automatic exchange of information on tax rulings.

  3. Tom Cotton:

    That letter and those reports were the basis for your directive. This is shameful. Judge, this is shameful. This testimony, your directive, your performance is shameful. Thank God you are not on the Supreme Court. You should resign in disgrace, judge.

  4. Jane Ellison:

    I now propose that we lay regulations for standardised packaging in this parliament to allow for them to come into force at the same time as the European Tobacco Products Directive in May 2016, in doing so we would be bringing the prospect of our first smoke-free generation one step closer.

  5. Mark Pocan:

    I ’m introducing legislation that would abolish ICE and crack down on the agency’s blanket directive to target and round up individuals and families, the heartless actions of this abused agency do not represent the values of our nation and the U.S. must develop a more humane immigration system, one that treats every person with dignity and respect.

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Translations for directive

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  • توجيهاتArabic
  • направляващ, директива, ръководещ, указаниеBulgarian
  • Anweisung, Befehl, Direktive, Anordnung, RichtlinieGerman
  • direktiiv, juhind, käskkiriEstonian
  • määräys, ohje, määräävä, direktiivinen, johtava, direktiivi, toimintaohje, ohjaavaFinnish
  • directive, directifFrench
  • treoirIrish
  • 指示Japanese
  • richtlijn, wijzend, instructieDutch
  • dyrektywaPolish
  • directivaPortuguese
  • указание, руководить, направлять, указ, директиваRussian
  • smernicaSerbo-Croatian
  • ہدایاتUrdu

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