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directive

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Any sufficiently large organization will require more resources to communicate a policy/directive/goal or pivot than a smaller one.

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Quick take

An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of directive gathered in one view.

noun

An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.

noun

An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.

adjective

That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for directive.

noun

(programming) A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.

See also: leading, guiding, directional, directing

Example sentences

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Any sufficiently large organization will require more resources to communicate a policy/directive/goal or pivot than a smaller one.

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As a side note, those data protection laws are widespread across the EU, thanks to Directive 95/46/EC.

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It's mostly that the AI in question will follow a general directive to its end.

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If you know what you're doing, then Ragels 'noend' directive enables this, for instance.

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A decent example is the recent data retention law, inspired by the EU directive.

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It would be some array defined on the angular $scope object, presumably instantiated when an angular directive/controller is instantiated for a component.

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Doesn't the author's setting of the resolver directive work for you, or is there something I'm missing?

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The magic sauce is all in the use of the #cgo directive, which gives you a way of exporting Go to iOS code and vice versa.

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>[Citation Needed] Content-Range does not work, Cache directive are ignored to speed up user experience on Safari.

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The prime directive is fiction, so probably not.

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I'm pretty sure it isn't (anymore) in all cases or it would run afoul EU Directive 2001/29 (see also the ECJ Nintendo case of 2014).

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Some of my colleagues have experienced problems even with the nginx proxy_pass directive that most people say is the most recommended free solution and also recommended in the article.

Quote examples

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Cloud isn't appropriate for all situations, but I assert that for many, it is, and "investing in IT" isn't a default directive.

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Speaking of which, Estonia recently implemented a "no legacy" directive [1], under which all government systems will be rewritten from scratch at least every thirteen years.

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The only way an EU country would have less is if it recently integrated the union and has yet to transcribe 2003/88/EC ("Working Time Directive") into local law.

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Try clicking on the "About IA at NSA" link and you'll find out what NSA means by "Information Assurance": > NSA's Information Assurance Directorate (IAD) protects and defends National Security Information and Information Systems, in accordance with National Security Directive 42.

Proper noun examples

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Owning them is certainly legal, but filming the public street indiscriminately is usually considered against the Data Protection Directive, and I don't see why would dashcams be excluded.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use directive in a sentence?

Any sufficiently large organization will require more resources to communicate a policy/directive/goal or pivot than a smaller one.

What does directive mean?

An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.

What part of speech is directive?

directive is commonly used as noun, adjective.