directive
English
Etymology
From Middle French directif. The noun senses are from French directive (feminine form of the adjective).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /daɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/, /dɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/
- (US) IPA(key): /dəˈɹɛk.tɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Adjective
directive (not comparable)
- That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
- 2002, Colin Gray, Enterprise and Culture (page 54)
- A directive management style is stronger among owners with 'lifestyle' as a business objective than among those with business/economic objectives.
- 2002, Colin Gray, Enterprise and Culture (page 54)
- (grammar) Relating to the directive case.
Related terms
- directively
- directiveness
Translations
that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
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grammar: relating to directive case
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Noun
directive (plural directives)
- An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
- (programming) 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.
- (European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
- (grammar) The directive case.
Derived terms
- advance directive
- airworthiness directive
- framework directive
- prime directive
Translations
instruction or guideline
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authoritative decision
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form of legislative act addressed to the EU member states
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grammar: directive case
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.ʁɛk.tiv/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iv
- Homophone: directives
Adjective
directive
- feminine singular of directif
Noun
directive f (plural directives)
- directive, general instructions, guideline
Descendants
- → Portuguese: diretiva
Further reading
- “directive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.