guidance
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English
Alternative forms
- guidaunce (obsolete)
Etymology
From guide + -ance. Displaced native Old English lādtēowdōm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡaɪdəns/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
guidance (countable and uncountable, plural guidances)
- The act or process of guiding.
- Advice or counselling on some topic.
- divine guidance
- 2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice[1], Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
- The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous[sic] groups are considered prototypical for this model.
- Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc.
Derived terms
Translations
the act or process of guiding
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advice
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