Directive

That would break the Prime Directive.

We received a new directive from the board yesterday. They want us to focus on our most visible projects.

I expect the board to issue a new directive that cancels the old one.

"@implementation" is a compiler directive that says you’re about to present the code for the guts of a class.

We were more than satisfied when the Romanian Government, even before its membership in the European Union, showed its readiness to accept this directive.

His prime directive is to waste my time.

The proposed directive seeks to lower CO2 emissions drastically by 2030.

The proposed directive seeks to drastically lower CO2 emissions by 2030.

Do you have an advance directive or living will?

Obama's directive could especially affect workers in fast food restaurants and retail stores, where employees who supervise other workers are often called managers, even if their salaries barely exceed that of their subordinates.