directive
noun/dəˈrektɪv/, /daɪˈrektɪv/
/dəˈrektɪv/, /daɪˈrektɪv/
- an official instruction
- a government directive banning mass gatherings
Extra Examples- All companies must comply with the new directive.
- Don't start anything without a clear directive from management.
- Private health services will be allowed under the directive.
- The EU issued a new drinking water directive.
- The book offers no specific directives for what the reader should do.
- The directive requires member states to designate sites of special scientific interest.
- The proposals are contained in a European directive on wild birds.
- They acted in accordance with the latest directive from Brussels.
- They said they didn't receive any directives from the White House or the Pentagon.
- You can spell out your preferences in an advance directive, so that your family and doctors know what you want.
- a new set of directives for the security team
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- general
- important
- …
- give
- issue
- adopt
- …
- come into force
- require something
- in accordance with a/the directive
- in a/the directive
- under a/the directive
- …
- the provisions of a directive
- the terms of a directive
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from medieval Latin directivus, from direct- ‘guided, put straight’, from the verb dirigere, from di- ‘distinctly’ or de- ‘down’ + regere ‘put straight’.
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