Guidance
['gaɪd(ə)ns] or ['gaɪdns]
Definition
(noun.) the act of guiding or showing the way.
(noun.) something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
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Definition
(n.) The act or result of guiding; the superintendence or assistance of a guide; direction; government; a leading.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Direction, leadership, lead, conduct, government.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Direction, control,[See MANAGEMENT]
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Examples
- I will give her a system, a method of thought, a set of opinions; I will give her the perfect control and guidance of her feelings. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- One of them is ready to follow the guidance of the law? Plato. The Republic.
- It was midday when we found ourselves at the scene of the tragedy, and, under my companion's guidance, we made our way at once to Hudson Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As t hey advanced in knowledge they looked to the stars for guidance, especially to the pole star and the imperishable star-group of the northern heavens. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Education is the oversig ht and guidance of the development of the imma ture with certain ethical and social ends in view. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Guidance--help--comfort--come! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The king had, in compliance with her exactions, cast off his old friends, but he had acquired no new ones under her guidance. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Bonaparte's marshals are great men, who act under the guidance of an omnipotent master-spirit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now, said Wemmick, questioning being over, which he emphasized and repeated for my guidance, I come to what I did, after hearing what I heard. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- According to the instructions I sent to General Halleck for your guidance, you were to proceed to Lynchburg and commence there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Under these circumstances I had to trust to the horse, without guidance, to keep the road. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We might point to the first experiments aimed at remedying the helter-skelter of careers by vocational guidance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Rawdon was obliged to confess that he owed all these benefits to his wife, and to trust himself to her guidance for the future. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- We now pass to one of the special forms which the general function of education assumes: namely, that of direction, control, or guidance. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Vast changes, economic and psychological, take place, and these changes demand new guidance. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
Editor: Milton