guidance

guidance

English

Alternative forms

• guidaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɪdəns/

• Audio (UK)

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Noun

guidance (countable and uncountable, plural guidances)

1. The act or process of guiding.
2. 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, 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.

3. Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc.

Derived terms

• autoguidance
• e-guidance
• guidance counselor
• inertial guidance
• marriage guidance
• misguidance
• space guidance
• teleguidance

 

Translations

the act or process of guiding

Arabic: إِرْشَاد‎ m (ʾiršād), هِدَايَة‎ f (hidāya), هُدًى‎ m (hudan) Bulgarian: ръково́дство (bg) n (rǎkovódstvo), водаче́ство (bg) n (vodačéstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: 指導 (zh), 指导 (zh) (zhǐdǎo) Esperanto: gvidado, gvido Finnish: ohjaus (fi) French: guidage (fr) m Galician: dirección (gl) f German: Anleitung (de) f, Richtungsweisung f, Handlungsempfehlung f, Orientierungshilfe f Greek: Ancient: ὑφήγησις (huphḗgēsis) Irish: stiúradh m, díriú m Italian: guida (it) f, direzione (it) f, orientamento (it) m Maori: arahanga, aratakinga Old English: lādtēowdōm m, wīsung f Portuguese: orientação (pt) f Romanian: direcționare (ro) f, ghidare (ro) f Sanskrit: नीति (sa) f (nīti) Scottish Gaelic: iùl m, stiùireadh m Spanish: dirección (es) f, orientación (es) f Swedish: ledning (sv), rådgivning (sv) Turkish: rehberlik (tr), kılavuzluk (tr) Welsh: arweiniad

advice

Arabic: هِدَايَة‎ (hidāya), إِرْشَاد‎ m (ʾiršād) Bengali: হেদায়েত (hedaẏet) Bulgarian: упътване (bg) n (upǎtvane) French: conseils (fr) m or pl German: Rechtleitung f Italian: consiglio (it) m, suggerimento (it) m, consulenza (it) f Maori: kupu tohutohu Ngazidja Comorian: nyaswia class 10 Norwegian: Bokmål: veiledning m or f Old English: lādtēowdōm m, wīsung f Portuguese: orientação (pt) f Spanish: consejo (es) m, orientación (es) f Turkish: hidayet (tr), yol gösterme (tr), yönlendirme (tr) Urdu: ہدایت‎ f (hidāyat)

system to control the path of a vehicle

Bulgarian: управление (bg) n (upravlenie) French: direction (fr) f German: Lenkung (de) f Italian: guida (it) f Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: ajobarî (ku) f Portuguese: navegação (pt) f Spanish: dirección (es) f Turkish: güdüm (tr)