US /ˈɡaɪdəns/
noun Freq #6453

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Help or advice that tells you what to do.

    Students can ask their teacher for guidance.

  2. 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... counselcounsellingdirection
2 noun · the act of guiding or... steering
Word family
Forms guidances
Derived forms autoguidancechemoguidancee-guidancemisguidancemultiguidancepostguidancepreguidanceteleguidance

Etymology

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

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