Directive and Saying

Directive

Directive noun - A statement of what to do that must be obeyed by those concerned.

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

Saying noun - An often stated observation regarding something from common experience.

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Directive and saying are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Directive" instead a noun "Saying".

Nearby Word: say

similar	similar directive	similar saying
original	original directive	original saying
true	true directive	true saying
actual	actual directive	actual saying
Other adjectives: new, twisted.

She wants to put an end to this, but Captain Picard points to the Prime Directive, saying they cannot interfere.

Source: Alien Non-Interference Clause
In The Pandora Directive, Tex Murphy comments on a book titled "Men are Imbeciles, Women are Erratic," saying, "The author generalizes too much, and I think all people who generalize are idiots."

Source: Hypocritical Humor / Video Games
In "The Return of the Archons", Kirk justified pulling the plug on the master computer Landru by saying that the Prime Directive was meant to apply to living cultures and the computer-controlled world was not one, which is a very thin justification indeed.

Source: Alien Non-Interference Clause

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