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the act or function of guiding ; leadership; direction. advice or counseling, especially that provided for students choosing a course of study or preparing for a vocation. supervised care or assistance, especially therapeutic help in the treatment of minor emotional disturbances. something that guides . the process by which the flight of a missile or rocket may be altered in speed and direction in response to controls situated either wholly in the projectile or partly at a base. Show More
Origin of guidance First recorded in
1765–75; guide +
-ance Related forms non·guid·ance , noun pre·guid·ance , noun self-guid·ance , noun Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for guidances direction ,
management ,
intelligence ,
advice ,
instruction ,
supervision ,
leadership ,
teaching ,
navigation ,
control ,
help ,
government ,
conveyance ,
conduct ,
auspices ,
conduction British Dictionary definitions for guidances leadership, instruction, or direction counselling or advice on educational, vocational, or psychological matters (as modifier ) the marriage-guidance counsellor something that guides any process by which the flight path of a missile is controlled in flight See also guided missile Show More
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Word Origin and History for guidances n. 1530s, "the process of directing conduct," hybrid from guide + -ance ; replacing 15c. guying . In reference to direction in school, career, marriage, etc., from 1927.
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