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Directive   /dərˈɛktɪv/  /dɪrˈɛktɪv/  /daɪrˈɛktɪv/   Listen
Directive

noun
1.
A pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity.



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"Directive" Quotes from Famous Books



... established on 26 July 1947 and officially began operating on 18 September 1947. Effective 1 October 1947, the Director of Central Intelligence assumed operational responsibility for JANIS. On 13 January 1948, the National Security Council issued Intelligence Directive (NSCID) No. 3, which authorized the National Intelligence Survey ( NIS ) program as a peacetime replacement for the wartime JANIS program. Before adequate NIS country sections could be produced, government agencies had to develop more comprehensive ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Directive" :   leading, dictum, direct, say-so, directivity, pronouncement


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