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prime directives

prime directives is the plural of prime directive.

Meaning of prime directive

Noun

prime directive (plural prime directives)

  1. An order or mission which presents the overriding control over a course of action.
    • We are, after all, discussing the prime directive of academic life and a vitally important rule of civilized life in general: Seek and disseminate the truth.1902, Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School, page 1949

Questions about prime directives

What is prime directives the plural of?
Prime directives is the plural of prime directive.

Words near prime directives in the dictionary

  1. prime cut
  2. prime cuts
  3. prime decomposition
  4. prime decompositions
  5. prime directive
  6. prime directives
  7. prime donne
  8. prime factor
  9. prime factored
  10. prime factoring
  11. prime factorisation

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