directive

UK /daɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/ US /dəˈɹɛk.tɪv/

noun 5adj 2

Definitions

adj

That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.

A directive management style is stronger among owners with 'lifestyle' as a business objective than among those with business/economic objectives.

Relating to the directive case.

noun

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

A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.

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. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.

The directive case.

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

clear

The teacher gave clear directives before the students began their group project work.

general

important

draft, proposed

EU, European (Commission/Union), government, ministerial

policy, political

banking, environmental, etc.

VERB + DIRECTIVE

issue

The government issued a directive requiring all schools to improve their safety procedures.

adopt, agree (on/upon), approve, sign

comply with, implement

The government asked all schools to implement the new directive by September.

block, oppose

DIRECTIVE + VERB

come into force

The safety directive came into force last week, requiring all factories to install new equipment.

require sth

The new safety directive requires all employees to complete training before operating machinery.

PREP

in accordance with a/the ~

The company updated its safety procedures in accordance with the new government directive.

in a/the ~

The new safety rules are outlined in a government directive that all factories must follow.

under a/the ~

Companies must follow strict safety rules under the directive from the government.

~ from

The school received a new directive from the principal about classroom behavior.

~ on

The government issued a directive on workplace safety that all companies must follow.

PHRASES

the provisions/terms of a directive

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — showing the way by conducting or leading

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

A directive management style is stronger among owners with 'lifestyle' as a business objective than among those with business/economic objectives.

Wiktionary

That would break the Prime Directive.

Tatoeba · #2220041

We received a new directive from the board yesterday. They want us to focus on our most visible projects.

Tatoeba · #2337158

I expect the board to issue a new directive that cancels the old one.

Tatoeba · #2514675

"@implementation" is a compiler directive that says you’re about to present the code for the guts of a class.

Tatoeba · #2756696

We were more than satisfied when the Romanian Government, even before its membership in the European Union, showed its readiness to accept this directive.

Tatoeba · #2903480

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