different between verdict vs directive

English

Etymology

From Middle English verdit, from Old French verdit, from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?.d?kt/

Noun

verdict (plural verdicts)

1. (law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
2. An opinion or judgement.

Derived terms

• bastard verdict
• open verdict
• Scottish verdict
• special verdict
• verdictive
• verdict’s out
• verdict’s in

Translations

Further reading

• verdict in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• verdict in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.dikt/

Noun

verdict m (plural verdicts)

1. verdict

Middle English

Noun

verdict

1. Alternative form of verdit

Old French

Noun

verdict m (oblique plural verdicz or verdictz, nominative singular verdicz or verdictz, nominative plural verdict)

1. Alternative form of verdit

Romanian

Etymology

From French verdict.

Noun

verdict n (plural verdicte)

1. verdict

Declension

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /da????k.t?v/, /d????k.t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d????k.t?v/
• Rhymes: -?kt?v

Adjective

directive (not comparable)

1. that directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide
   • 2002, Colin Gray, Enterprise and Culture (page 54)

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

2. (grammar) relating to the directive case

Related terms

• directively
• directiveness

Translations

Noun

directive (plural directives)

1. An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
2. (programming) A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
3. An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
4. (European Union law) A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
5. (grammar) The directive case.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??k.tiv/
• Rhymes: -iv
• Homophone: directives

Adjective

directive

1. feminine singular of directif

Noun

directive f (plural directives)

1. directive, general instructions, guideline

Further reading

• “directive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).