Directive and Report

Directive

Directive noun - A written communication giving information or directions.

Usage example: a growing stack of unread directives from the company's senior vice president

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

Report noun - A loud explosive sound.

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Directive and report are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directive" instead a noun "Report".

similar	similar directive	similar report
original	original directive	original report
true	true directive	true report
single	single directive	single report
Other adjectives: actual, entire, infamous, main, classified, new, final, official.

In Star Trek Into Darkness's opening, Kirk gets demoted for violating the Prime Directive and then trying to hide it in his report.

Source: Turn in Your Badge
The Made-For-Audiocassette Star Trek Captain Sulu adventure "Cacophony" is presented with the framing device of a Federation special investigator making a report on an suspected prime directive violation by Sulu and the Excelsior.

Source: Cassette Craze
Turn in Your Badge: Kirk gets demoted for violating the Prime Directive in the film's opening, and then trying to hide it in his report.

Source: Film / Star Trek Into Darkness

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