guidance

B1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈɡaɪdəns/ See IPA manual

Freq #6453

Meanings

1

noun
Help or advice that tells you what to do.

Students can ask their teacher for guidance.
2

noun
The act of guiding or showing the way.

Under his guidance, the team improved quickly.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · help or advice that tells... counsel counselling direction

2 noun · the act of guiding or... steering

Word family

Forms guidances

Derived forms autoguidancechemoguidancee-guidancemisguidancemultiguidancepostguidancepreguidanceteleguidance

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Phrases (1)

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divine guidance
direction or help believed to come from a god

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From guide + -ance. Displaced native Old English lādtēowdōm.

Topics

Actions & Processes

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