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guid·ance  (gdns)
n.
1. The act or process of guiding.
2. Counseling, such as that provided for students seeking advice about vocational and educational matters.
3. Any of various processes for guiding the path of a vehicle, especially a missile, by means of built-in equipment.

guidance
Noun
help, advice, or instruction, usually from someone more experienced or more qualified: marriage guidance
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.guidanceguidance - something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
road map, guideline - a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"
subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
career counseling - counseling on career opportunities
cynosure - something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"
genetic counseling - guidance for prospective parents on the likelihood of genetic disorders in their future children
marriage counseling - counseling on marital problems and disagreements
confidential information, steer, tip, wind, hint, lead - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job"
2.guidanceguidance - the act of guiding or showing the way
management, direction - the act of managing something; "he was given overall management of the program"; "is the direction of the economy a function of government?"
3.guidance - the act of setting and holding a course; "a new council was installed under the direction of the king"
driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
control - the activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"
aim - the action of directing something at an object; "he took aim and fired"
navigation, pilotage, piloting - the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place
celestial guidance - a method of controlling the flight of a missile or spacecraft by reference to the positions of celestial bodies
inertial guidance, inertial navigation - a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to inertial forces
command guidance - a method of controlling the flight of a missile by commands originating from the ground or from another missile
terrestrial guidance - a method of controlling the flight of a missile by devices that respond to the strength and direction of the earth's gravitational field

guidance
Translations
Spanish guidance [ˈgaɪdəns] n (gen) → dirección f (= advice); consejos mpl;
marriage/vocational guidance → orientación f matrimonial/profesional

French guidance [ˈgaɪdəns] n (= advice) → conseils mpl;
under the guidance of → conseillé(e) or encadré(e) parsous la conduite de;
vocational guidance → orientation professionnelle;
marriage guidance → conseils conjugaux

German guidance [ˈgaɪdəns] nRat m, Beratung f;
under the guidance of → unter der Leitung von;
vocational guidance → Berufsberatung f;
marriage guidance → Eheberatung f

Italian guidance [ˈgaɪdəns] nguida, direzione f;
marriage/vocational guidance → consulenza matrimoniale/per l'avviamento professionale

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Moreover, the rain (which falls at stated intervals) coming always from the North, is an additional assistance; and in the towns we have the guidance of the houses, which of course have their side-walls running for the most part North and South, so that the roofs may keep off the rain from the North.
Under the guidance of her Christian pastors, she entertained herself, besides, with such humane achievements as sentencing a youth to have his hands cut off, his tongue torn out with pincers, and his body burned alive, because he had not kneeled down in the rain to do honour to a dirty procession of monks which passed within his view, at a distance of some fifty or sixty yards.
If before going to the d'Urbervilles' she had vigorously moved under the guidance of sundry gnomic texts and phrases known to her and to the world in general, no doubt she would never have been imposed on.
 
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