Call and Directive

Call

Call noun - A position arrived at after consideration.

Usage example: I told you my preference for a cruise destination, but it's your call

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Directive and call are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Directive" instead a noun "Call".

Nearby Words: calling, called, caller, callback, callable

Directive noun - An order publicly issued by an authority.

Usage example: a directive issued by the archbishop that is to be read during Sunday services at every parish

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Call and directive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Call" instead a noun "Directive".

high	high call	high directive
original	original call	original directive
single	single call	single directive
actual	actual call	actual directive
Other adjectives: personal, new, final.

Call Forward: During "Return of the Archons", Spock questions Kirk's usage of the Prime Directive when the latter impulsively decides to start a phaser fight in the caverns underneath the planet.

Source: Comic Book / Star Trek (IDW)
It had a lot of Call Back to the original series with tragic, amusing and noble followups to Kirk's "violations" of the Prime Directive.

Source: Courtroom Episode

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