Explore Directive through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like directing or directional. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Directive meaning
- That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
- Relating to the directive case.
Synonyms of Directive
Using Directive
- The main meaning on this page is: That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide. | Relating to the directive case.
- Useful related words include: directing, directional, guiding, leading.
- In the example corpus, directive often appears in combinations such as: the directive, directive to, directive of.
Context around Directive
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 11 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Directive
- In this selection, "directive" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, security, chartering, energy, theta, came and red stand out and add context to how "directive" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the directive and a 2012 directive that applies. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "directive" sits close to words such as coronation, glimpse and sacramento, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with directive
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
About 7000 workers were alleged to be affected by the new directive. (12 words)
According to him, there has been ‘substantial’ compliance with the strike directive so far. (14 words)
According to the spokesperson the directive excludes the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as no election is being conducted therein. (19 words)
Falana, who was at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to attend to a case, in defiance of the NBA’s directive that lawyers boycott court, said the directive was ignored by many lawyers, who turned up in court on Tuesday. (44 words)
If the case was the former, then when Wesley Crusher is sentenced to death, the violation of the Prime Directive had already occurred and the issue of rescuing him, while politically exacerbating matters, might not have been a violation of the Directive. (42 words)
It reads: “The directive that no supporter or aspirant should come to the airport to welcome Mr President, who is on a private visit and not on a state visit, is a directive from ignorant minds in Alagbaka. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Initiate a conversation and mention Security Directive Theta and Nyx will begin to inform players about the program he wrote for the directive.
The directive, however, does not affect annual maintenance contracts or updates to existing equipment already inducted in the network before the directive came into effect.
This is also, of course, the logic of capitalism at its most perverse, a way of jumbling Emerson’s directive to build our own worlds with society’s directive to build our own wealth.
It reads: “The directive that no supporter or aspirant should come to the airport to welcome Mr President, who is on a private visit and not on a state visit, is a directive from ignorant minds in Alagbaka.
While the implementation plan and the directive has been completed, the chartering directive’s implementation instruction is still in its draft form.
Several pieces of legislation have been put in place such as the revised Renewable energy Directive (RED II) and the Fuel Quality Directive (FQD).
Falana, who was at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to attend to a case, in defiance of the NBA’s directive that lawyers boycott court, said the directive was ignored by many lawyers, who turned up in court on Tuesday.
Trump displays the ‘Space Policy Directive 4’ after signing the directive to establish a Space Force as the sixth branch of the Armed Forces in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.
If the case was the former, then when Wesley Crusher is sentenced to death, the violation of the Prime Directive had already occurred and the issue of rescuing him, while politically exacerbating matters, might not have been a violation of the Directive.
Personal protective equipment falling within the scope of the Directive must comply with the basic health and safety requirements set out in Annex II of the Directive.
The Federal Continuity Directive 1 (FCD 1) is a 2012 directive that applies to all Federal organizations to follow when planning their continuity program.
Which are made up of multiple SACs (Special Areas of Conservation, linked to the habitats directive) & SPAs (Special Protected Areas, linked to the bird directive), throughout Europe.
About 7000 workers were alleged to be affected by the new directive.
About freebies, she said that if the Centre issued any directive to the state on such issues, it would be called dictatorship, and that such schemes should be passed in assembly.
According to him, there has been ‘substantial’ compliance with the strike directive so far.
According to such mandate, inflation should be at around 2% YoY and has become the weakest pillar of the central bank's directive ever since the world suffered a pandemic, which extends to these days.
According to the lawsuit, Griswold issued a directive requiring county election officials to install this upgrade, but her staff knew it would prematurely erase at least some of the existing election records on the server.
According to the spokesperson the directive excludes the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as no election is being conducted therein.
Across the nation’s capital, many banks refused to accept the old notes for the second day, citing a directive from the CBN.
Agius' concerns echo those of the European Commission, which in May this year started legal proceedings against Malta for violating the EU's urban waste water directive.
Common combinations with directive
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the directive 64×
- directive to 23×
- directive of 13×
- directive that 9×
- directive was 9×
- issued directive 9×
- directive on 9×
- directive is 8×
- this directive 7×
- directive from 6×