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RELATED WORD : presidential directive

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun directive has 1 sense

• directive(n = noun.communication) Array - a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"
is a kind of dictum, pronouncement, say-so
has particulars: presidential directive
Derived forms verb direct₁, adjective directive₁

Adjective directive has 1 sense

• directive(s = adj.all) directing, directional, guiding - 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"
Derived forms verb direct₁₃, verb direct₄, noun directive₁, noun directiveness₁, noun directivity₂

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

directive

actuating, admonitory, advisory, aimable, aimed, animating, causal, causative, cautionary, chief, commanding, communication, compelling, consultative, consultatory, controlling, decree, decretal, decretive, decretory, dictating, didactic, directed, directing, direction, directional, directorial, directory, dirigible, driving, edict, exhortative, exhortatory, expostulative, expostulatory, general orders, governing, guidable, guiding, head, hortative, hortatory, impelling, imperative, impulsive, inducive, instruction, instructive, jussive, leadable, leading, managerial, managing, mandating, memo, monitorial, monitory, moralistic, motivating, motivational, motive, moving, notice, obligating, on the mark, on the nose, peremptory, pointable, preachy, precept, preceptive, prescript, prescription, prescriptive, pressing, recommendatory, regulating, regulation, regulative, regulatory, remonstrant, remonstrative, remonstratory, rule, ruling, sententious, steerable, trainable, ukase, urgent, warning, well-aimed, well-directed, word

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