guidance
/ˈɡaɪdəns/
guidance noun: the act or process of guiding.
Noun
guidance (countable and uncountable, plural guidances)
- The act or process of guiding.
- Advice or counselling on some topic.
- divine guidance
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- Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc.
guidance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
guidance in Hindi
- the act or process of guiding
- मार्गदर्शन mārgadarśan, शिक्षण śikṣaṇ
- advice
- सुझाव sujhāv, परामर्श parāmarś
guidance in Tamil
- வழிகாட்டுதல்
guidance in Marathi
- मार्गदर्शन
guidance in Urdu
- the act or process of guiding
- رہنمائی rahnumā'ī
- advice
- ہدایت hidāyat
More languagesFewer languages
- guidance in Bengali
- হেদায়েত hedaẏet
- guidance in Telugu
- మార్గదర్శకత్వం, మార్గనిర్దేశం, మార్గదర్శకం
- guidance in Malayalam
- സഹായം, മാർഗ്ഗനിർദ്ദേശം, നേതൃത്വം, നേർവഴിക്കുനയിക്കൽ
- guidance in Kannada
- ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ, ದಿಗ್ದರ್ಶನ, ದಾರಿ ತೋರಿಸುವುದು, ಮುಂದಾಳ್ತನ
- guidance in Punjabi
- ਸੇਧ, ਮਾਰਗਦਰਸ਼ਨ, ਗਾਈਡੈਂਸ
- guidance in Gujarati
- માર્ગદર્શન mārgdarśan
- guidance in Odia
- ପ୍ରଣୟ praṇaya
- guidance in Sanskrit
- नीति nīti
- guidance in Nepali
- मार्गनिर्देशन, मार्गदर्शन, मार्गनिर्देश
- guidance in Tagalog
- gabay
- guidance in Arabic
- إِرْشَاد ʔiršād, هِدَايَة hidāya, هُدًى hudan
- guidance in Indonesian
- panduan, bimbingan
- guidance in Persian
- راهنمایی râhnamâyi, هدایت
Examples of guidance in a sentence
- He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.
- The governor received guidance on how to best disseminate key information to the public from her handler.
- The rocket's malfunction was down to a rounding error in the mathematics of its trajectory guidance.
Forms of guidance
| plural | guidances |
|---|---|
| alternative form | guidaunce |
Origin of guidance
From guide + -ance. Displaced native Old English lādtēowdōm.
Words formed from guidance
Phrases with guidance
Questions about guidance
- What does guidance mean?
- Guidance means the act or process of guiding.
- What is guidance in Hindi?
- Guidance in Hindi is मार्गदर्शन (mārgadarśan), शिक्षण (śikṣaṇ), सुझाव (sujhāv). See Guidance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is guidance?
- Guidance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce guidance?
- Guidance is pronounced /ˈɡaɪdəns/.
- What is the plural of guidance?
- The plural of guidance is guidances.
Words near guidance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: guidance (page history and authors); guidance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); guidance (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); guidance (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); guidance (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); guidance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); guidance (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); માર્ગદર્શન (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ପ୍ରଣୟ (Odia) (page history and authors); guidance (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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