directive
Command from above
A directive is an official instruction or order, typically issued by an authority: The CEO issued a directive banning personal phone use during meetings.
In computing, directives are commands that guide how code should be processed.
The adjective directive describes something that provides direction or guidance: directive leadership, directive counseling.
Methodical arrangement or request
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
dictate · fiat · injunction · diktat · ukase · behest · charge · bidding
Official rules governing conduct
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- statuteEnacted written rule
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
mandate · code · standard · protocol · bylaw · act · measure · resolution
Guidance for action
- guidelineRecommended standard for action
- recommendationAdvised course of action
- adviceGuidance on decisions
- counselExpert guidance offered
briefing · clarification · specification · pointer · steer · cue · prompt · suggestion
Guidance for action
- operandQuantity being calculated
- mnemonicTechnique for retention
- assemblyConstructing from components
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
branch · register · compiler · assembler · machine code · microcode · subroutine · syntax
Formal internal correspondence
- circularForming a closed curve
- bulletinBrief public announcement
- noticeBecome aware of
- communiquéOfficial governmental announcement
dispatch · memo · correspondence · order · ruling · determination · advisory · procedural
order
Methodical arrangement or request
- mandateFormal authoritative directive
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
commandment · dictate · fiat · injunction · diktat · ukase · behest · charge · bidding · summons
regulation
Official rules governing conduct
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- ordinanceOfficial government regulation
- statuteEnacted written rule
provision · mandate · code · standard · protocol · bylaw · act · measure · resolution · compliance
instruction
Guidance for action
- guidelineRecommended standard for action
- recommendationAdvised course of action
- adviceGuidance on decisions
counsel · briefing · clarification · specification · pointer · steer · cue · prompt · suggestion · indication
instruction
Guidance for action
jump · branch · register · compiler · assembler · machine code · microcode · subroutine · syntax · binary
memorandum
Formal internal correspondence
communiqué · dispatch · memo · correspondence · order · ruling · determination · advisory · procedural · official
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- policy documentspolicy memo, policy statement, policy review, policy agenda, white paper
- administrative lawadjudication, judicial review, regulatory agency, natural justice, rulemaking
- EU ParliamentEuropean Parliament, MEPs, MEP, plenary, committees
- planned economiescommand economy, centralized planning, central planning, five-year plan, production quotas
- documentsdocument, news, email, report, letter
directivesuggestion
Idea proposed for consideration
recommendation · request · proposal · entreaty · appeal
directivenondirective
Not imposing specific direction
permissive · laissez-faire · collaborative · participatory · hands-off
- sense of directionSpatial navigation instinct
- wrong directionIncorrect path taken
- creative directionGuiding aesthetic vision
- in every directionToward all sides equally
- One DirectionBritish pop group
- wind directionWhere air moves from
direction, directing, directional, directionless, misdirection, indirection, redirecting, redirection, directives