From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Governmentdirectivedi‧rec‧tive1 /dəˈrektɪv, daɪ-/●くろまる○しろまる○しろまる noun [countable]PGTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO somethingan official order or instructiondirective onproposals for implementing the EU directive on paternity leaveExamples from the Corpusdirective• All government agenciesreceived a directive to reduce their staffs and cut costs by 20%.• As an aspect of culture, roles provide an important part of the guidelines and directivesnecessary for an ordered society.• Under an EC directive unleaded petrol must be made available throughout Britain.• What point has an ethicaldirective to pursue the generalhappinessaddressed to beings who will necessarily seek only their own?• The confusedevidencesuggests they are acting on their own initiative, not on directives from East Berlin to play for time.• Values provide general guidelines for behaviour and they are translated into more specificdirectives in terms of roles and norms.• The council is unlikely to adopt the directive formally much before the end of this year.• If no accord is reached by Friday, the directive will die anyway, under a time limitrule.• Article 10 of the directiverequires all food to be clearly labelled.• The directive requires member states to establish systems for the nationalregulation of releases.implementing ... directive• Simply implementing the Directive by means of a statutoryinstrument would result in yet another regimerelating solely to consumercontracts.directivedirective2 adjective formalINSTRUCTIONSgiving instructionsThe team leader will have a less directive role.Examples from the Corpusdirective• In some instances, our recommendations are highly directive.• It is important in these cases that doctors take a less directiveapproach.• Because she wants to take a directive study.From Longman Business Dictionarydirectivedi‧rec‧tive /dəˈrektɪv, daɪ-/ noun [countable]an official order or instructionEU directives on cross-border VAT payment