Meaning of guidance in English

help and advice about how to do something or about how to deal with problems connected with your work, education, or personal relationships:

I've always looked to my father for guidance in these matters. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples the process of directing the flight of a missile or rocket : a missile guidance system More examples Fewer examples SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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/ ˈɡɑɪ·d ə ns / help and advice about how to do something or about how to deal with problems: She never got any guidance when she needed it. (Definition of guidance from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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/ ˈɡaɪd ə ns / us

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help and advice about how to do something or to deal with problems: give/offer/provide guidance (to sb) The website offers guidance to employers on employment law. guidance on sth The first chapter gives guidance on how to make the best use of existing staff. Freelance staff have been brought in to help develop software systems under Chris's guidance. to provide/give/issue guidance

quarterly/full-year guidance There are only a few companies that don't issue quarterly earnings guidance.

(Definition of guidance from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of guidance

There are planning guidances to say that you can build on green belt in certain circumstances. Hansard archive

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I hope that he will provide positive information on the guidance's contents in respect of the specific provision that children need.

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No new planning policy guidances have been issued. Hansard archive

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Many appendices and satellite guidances exist, but they are not part of the main document. Hansard archive

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Members with the only:guidance to be given on the motion. Hansard archive

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The guidances clearly impose burdensome costs on industry. Hansard archive

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The guidances are drafted incredibly widely, leaving the regulator with enormous discretion as to how to interpret them, in new licence conditions for the utilities or new performance standards.

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Both path-guidance and power-assist functions can be simply realized with the new system.

Under such guidance it becomes possible to realise the importance, the interest, and the beauty of these early documents.

One problem, perhaps major, is that there is very little guidance on applicability of particular methodologies.

There is a common tendency for government to look to experts for guidance about specialized matters.

The published work can give us guidance on how to conduct future studies to address the question of interest.

Now we are thirsting for your love and guidance. Further, these data will provide guidance during genetic screenings.

Detailed experimental results seem necessary to provide verification and guidance in developing and improving the calculation techniques.

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Collocations with guidance

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However, even with this elementary example additional guidance is required if the process is to be fully automated.

An explanatory ethical theory may fail to give adequate guidance for acting rightly, and yet give a correct account of what is right.

I believe that in authoritative guidance, the full range of first-order considerations operate alongside and are balanced against the relevant second-order considerations.

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Translations of guidance

in Chinese (Traditional) 指導,引導, (飛彈或火箭的)制導,導引… in Chinese (Simplified) 指导,引导, (导弹或火箭的)制导… in Spanish orientación, consejo, consejo [masculine]… in Portuguese orientação, orientação [feminine]… in more languages in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in Catalan in Gujarati in Swedish in Norwegian in Ukrainian in Russian in Bengali in Indonesian in Vietnamese in Italian

मार्गदर्शन - एखादी गोष्ट कशी करावी किंवा काम, शिक्षण किंवा वैयक्तिक नातेसंबंध यांच्याशी संबंधित समस्या कशा सोडवाव्या याबद्दल मदत आणि सल्ला, दिशानियंत्रण - क्षेपणास्त्र किंवा अग्निबाणाच्या उड्डाणाला दिशा देण्याची प्रक्रिया…

案内, 指導, ガイダンス… önderlik, yardım, öğüt… conseils [masculine, plural], guidage [masculine]… orientació…

ஏதாவது செய்வது எப்படி அல்லது உங்கள் வேலை, கல்வி அல்லது தனிப்பட்ட உறவுகளுடன் தொடர்புடைய சிக்கல்களை எவ்வாறு கையாள்வது என்பது பற்றிய உதவி மற்றும் ஆலோசனை, ஒரு ஏவுகணை அல்லது ராக்கெட்டின் விமானத்தை இயக்கும் செயல்முறை…

मार्गदर्शन, (किसी मिसाइल या रॉकेट की उड़ान के) निर्देशन की प्रक्रिया… માર્ગદર્શન, દોરવણી, માર્ગદર્શક પ્રક્રિયા (મિસાઇલ અથવા રોકેટની ઉડાનની)… vejledning, rådgivning… ledning, vägledning, rådgivning… die Leitung… veiledning, styring [masculine]… رہنمائی, میزائل یا راکٹ کی اڑان کو ہدایت دینے کا عمل… керівництво… руководство… తోవ చూపడం, మార్గదర్శకత్వం, మార్గదర్శనం… নির্দেশিকা, পথপ্রদর্শন, একটি ক্ষেপণাস্ত্র বা রকেটের ফ্লাইট নির্দেশ করার প্রক্রিয়া… sự hướng dẫn… porada, pomoc, kierownictwo… consigli, orientamento… Need a translator?

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