GUIDING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does guiding mean? 

• GUIDING (adjective)
  The adjective GUIDING has 2 senses:

1. exerting control or influence

2. showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

  Familiarity information: GUIDING used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GUIDING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exerting control or influence

Context example:

a guiding principle

Similar:

leading (going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on

Synonyms:

directing; directional; directive; guiding

Context example:

the directional role of science on industrial progress

Similar:

leading (going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way)

 Context examples 

Appreciating this complexity is important for guiding the development of therapies that target the complement immune system to treat degenerative diseases of the retina.

(Immune system can slow degenerative eye disease, National Institutes of Health)

KRIT1 may help determine endothelial cell shape and function in response to cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions by guiding cytoskeletal structure.

(Cerebral Cavernous Malformations 1, NCI Thesaurus)

An anticipated outcome that is the purpose for actions taken, thus guiding the action.

(Intent, NCI Thesaurus)

Oh! When will my guiding spirit, in conducting me to the dæmon, allow me the rest I so much desire; or must I die, and he yet live?

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

"The implications of this work are not just about probiotics, but also about guiding agricultural practices," said study leader Britt Koskella.

(How do you cultivate a healthy plant microbiome?, National Science Foundation)

The point is of the utmost importance as guiding us towards the reason of the sudden quarrel.

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

Entering the gate and passing the shrubs, the silhouette of a house rose to view, black, low, and rather long; but the guiding light shone nowhere.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Such sensations, however, were too near akin to resentment to be long guiding Fanny's soliloquies.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

François, guiding the sled at the gee-pole, sometimes exchanged places with him, but not often.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Regulatory focus suggests that there are fundamental motivational differences among people, with two aspects—promotion and prevention—guiding behaviour.

(People with Positive Attitude More Likely to Eat Healthily, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)