presidential directive

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   a directive issued by the President of the United States; usually addressed to all heads of departments and agencies

   Broaderdirective

Questions about presidential directive

What does presidential directive mean?

presidential directive means "a directive issued by the President of the United States; usually addressed to all heads of departments and agencies".

Is presidential directive a common word?

presidential directive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.