directive

What it means

1. not comparableThat which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.

   A directive management style is stronger among owners with 'lifestyle' as a business objective than among those with business/economic objectives.

   2002, Colin Gray, Enterprise and Culture, page 54

2. not comparablegrammarRelating to the directive case.

In a sentence

A directive management style is stronger among owners with 'lifestyle' as a business objective than among those with business/economic objectives.

2002, Colin Gray, Enterprise and Culture, page 54

Where it comes from

1. Frenchdirective
2. Middle Frenchdirectif
3. Englishdirective

From Middle French directif. The noun senses are from French directive (feminine form of the adjective).