directive
American Heritage Dictionary:
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di·rec·tive
(dĭ-rĕk'tĭv, dī-) 
n.
An order or instruction, especially one issued by a central authority.
adj.
Serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
n.
An order or instruction, especially one issued by a central authority.
adj.
Serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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directive
noun
- An authoritative indication to be obeyed: behest, bidding, charge, command, commandment, dictate, direction, injunction, instruction (often used in plural), mandate, order, word. See over/under, words.
Oxford Dictionary of the US Military:
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directive
n. an official or authoritative instruction: moral and ethical directives.
adj. involving the management or guidance of operations: he is seeking a directive role in defense policy.
See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.
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(DOD, NATO) 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.
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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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Directive
Dansk (Danish)
n. - direktiv, instruks
adj. - retningsangivende
Nederlands (Dutch)
richtlijn, instructie, leidinggevend, richtinggevend
Français (French)
n. - directive, instruction
adj. - d'instruction, de directive
Deutsch (German)
n. - Weisung, Richtlinie
adj. - lenkend, leitend, lenkbar
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κατευθυντήρια οδηγία (κν. ντιρεκτίβα)
Português (Portuguese)
n. - diretriz (f)
Español (Spanish)
n. - directiva
adj. - directiva
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - direktiv
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
指令, 指导的, 管理的, 指挥的
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 指令
adj. - 指導的, 管理的, 指揮的
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지시
adj. - 지휘하는, 지향 방식의
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 指示する, 指導的な
n. - 指令
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) تعليمات أو توجيهات رسميه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - הנחיה, הוראות, מדריך, מנחה
adj. - מנחה, קובע כיוון
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Oxford Dictionary of the US Military
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US Defense Department Military Dictionary
US Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Words, 2003.
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