Dictionary

guidance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɡaɪdəns/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of guiding.
2. (countable, uncountable) Advice or counselling on some topic.
   • 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. 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, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
   • divine guidance
3. (countable, uncountable) Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc.

Forms

Deriveds

marriage guidance · teleguidance · multiguidance · autoguidance · e-guidance · postguidance · inertial guidance · space guidance · misguidance · preguidance · chemoguidance · guidance counselor

Translations (78)

grc ὑφήγησις (the act or process of guiding) · am መሪነት (the act or process of guiding) · tr yönlendirme (advice) · tl gabay (the act or process of guiding) · de Richtungsweisung (the act or process of guiding) · ar هِدَايَة (the act or process of guiding) · de Handlungsempfehlung (the act or process of guiding) · fr direction (system to control the path of a vehicle) · it direzione (the act or process of guiding) · de Lenkung (system to control the path of a vehicle) · id bimbingan (the act or process of guiding) · ro direcționare (the act or process of guiding) · ang lādtēowdōm (advice) · eo gvidado (the act or process of guiding) · kk нұсқау (advice) · sa नीति (the act or process of guiding) · cy arweiniad (the act or process of guiding) · sv ledning (the act or process of guiding) · it suggerimento (advice) · gd iùl (the act or process of guiding) · sv rådgivning (the act or process of guiding) · it orientamento (the act or process of guiding) · tr hidayet (advice) · tr yol gösterme (advice) · ang wīsung (advice) · ga stiúradh (the act or process of guiding) · ga díriú (the act or process of guiding) · de Orientierungshilfe (the act or process of guiding) · mi kupu tohutohu (advice) · it guida (system to control the path of a vehicle) · ar إِرْشَاد (the act or process of guiding) · fr guidage (the act or process of guiding) · pt navegação (system to control the path of a vehicle) · ang lādtēowdōm (the act or process of guiding) · ur رہنمائی (the act or process of guiding) · fa راهنمایی (the act or process of guiding) · cmn 指導 /指导 (the act or process of guiding) · mi aratakinga (the act or process of guiding) · ro ghidare (the act or process of guiding) · gd stiùireadh (the act or process of guiding) · ar إِرْشَاد (advice) · fr conseils (advice) · it guida (the act or process of guiding) · de Rechtleitung (advice) · ja 案内 (the act or process of guiding) · it consiglio (advice) · ang wīsung (the act or process of guiding) · pt orientação (advice) · tr güdüm (system to control the path of a vehicle) · tr kılavuzluk (the act or process of guiding) · bg упътване (advice) · fi ohjaus (the act or process of guiding) · tr rehberlik (the act or process of guiding) · bg ръково́дство (the act or process of guiding) · eo gvido (the act or process of guiding) · ar هِدَايَة (advice) · ur ہدایت (advice) · hnn akay (the act or process of guiding) · zdj nyaswia (advice) · gl dirección (the act or process of guiding) · bg управление (system to control the path of a vehicle) · pt orientação (the act or process of guiding) · hi सुझाव (advice) · bg водаче́ство (the act or process of guiding) · nb veiledning (advice) · hi शिक्षण (the act or process of guiding) · mi arahanga (the act or process of guiding) · kk жол көрсету (advice) · it consulenza (advice) · de Anleitung (the act or process of guiding) · id panduan (the act or process of guiding) · ar هُدًى (the act or process of guiding) · hi मार्गदर्शन (the act or process of guiding) · bn হেদায়েত (advice) · kk жөн сілтеу (advice) · fa هدایت (advice) · kmr ajobarî (system to control the path of a vehicle) · hi परामर्श (advice)