Definition of Directive

Directive

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

Able to be directed; manageable.

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Directive Quotations

Columbus did not seek a new route to the Indies in response to a majority directive.
Milton Friedman

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.
Lewis Mumford

I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and practiced it.
Albert Ellis

Personally, I think that for example the chemical directive in its present form does too much damage to the chemical industry - especially the medium sized businesses - and will hurt our worldwide competitiveness.
Angela Merkel

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.
Charles Babbage

When I use music on stage, the prime directive is to entertain the public, so it is different.
Cliff Richard

But you know the second month I was here I put out a healthy lifestyles directive. The pundits will say it was because we were sued. Well that's what they say. It was never about that.
Jim Cantalupo

And I gave this directive to them, that if they free our assets in the United States, that would be a sign of goodwill. I have the same idea this time.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

I do not espouse the unitarian position. President Clinton's assertion of directive authority over administration, more than President Reagan's assertion of a general supervisory authority, raises serious constitutional questions.
Elena Kagan

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.
John Grierson

On December 18, 1940, Hitler signed Directive Number 21, better known as Operation Barbarossa.
Leopold Trepper

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Directive Translations

directive in French is assignation
directive in German is Anweisung {f}
directive in Italian is vaglia
directive in Spanish is asignacion, directriz
directive in Swedish is anvisning

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