GUIDANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guidance mean? 

• GUIDANCE (noun)
  The noun GUIDANCE has 3 senses:

1. something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

2. the act of guiding or showing the way

3. the act of setting and holding a course

  Familiarity information: GUIDANCE used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUIDANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

counsel; counseling; counselling; direction; guidance

Hypernyms ("guidance" is a kind of...):

content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guidance"):

guideline; road map (a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action)

career counseling (counseling on career opportunities)

cynosure (something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners))

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; hint; lead; steer; tip; wind (an indication of potential opportunity)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of guiding or showing the way

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

guidance; steering

Hypernyms ("guidance" is a kind of...):

direction; management (the act of managing something)

Derivation:

guide (be a guiding or motivating force or drive)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The act of setting and holding a course

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

direction; guidance; steering

Context example:

a new council was installed under the direction of the king

Hypernyms ("guidance" is a kind of...):

control (the activity of managing or exerting control over something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guidance"):

driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)

aim (the action of directing something at an object)

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)

 Context examples 

NTN1 binds to DCC and is thought to be involved in CNS and peripheral motor axon guidance and cell migration during development.

(Netrin 1, NCI Thesaurus)

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.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Was it indeed some such spiritual guidance that was coming to me in my sleep?

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Inside the cleft was a second guidance mark, which pointed right up it with the tip somewhat elevated, as if the spot indicated were above the level of the ground.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This allele, which encodes netrin receptor DCC protein, plays a role in both axonal guidance and neuronal growth cone formation.

(DCC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also used for guidance of biopsy needles.

(Imaging Guided Therapy, NCI Thesaurus/OSP)

Axon guidance represents a key stage in the formation of neuronal network.

(Axon Guidance Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Later it is found on differentiated neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and myotubes and mediates neuronal adhesion, guidance, and differentiation.

(CD56 Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)

Immunoglobulin-like neuronal surface glycoprotein which binds to a variety of other cell adhesion proteins to mediate adhesion, guidance, and differentiation during neuronal growth; may contain covalent phospholipid.

(CD56 Antigen, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes ephrin type-A receptor 8 protein, plays a role in mediating developmental events such as short-range contact-mediated axonal guidance during nervous system development.

(EPHA8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)