guidance

English

Alternative forms

• guidaunce (obsolete)

Etymology

From guide +‎ -ance. Displaced native Old English lādtēowdōm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɪdəns/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

guidance (countable and uncountable, plural guidances)

1. The act or process of guiding.
2. Advice or counselling on some topic.

   divine guidance

   • 2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice‎^[1], Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:

     The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^[sic] groups are considered prototypical for this model.

3. Any process or system to control the path of a vehicle, missile etc.

Derived terms

• autoguidance
• e-guidance
• guidance counselor
• inertial guidance
• marriage guidance
• misguidance
• space guidance
• teleguidance

 

Translations

the act or process of guiding

• Arabic: إِرْشَاد m (ʔiršād), هِدَايَة f (hidāya), هُدًى m (hudan)
• Bulgarian: ръково́дство (bg) n (rǎkovódstvo), водаче́ство (bg) n (vodačéstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指導／指导 (zh) (zhǐdǎo)

• Esperanto: gvidado, gvido
• Finnish: ohjaus (fi)
• French: guidage (fr) m
• Galician: dirección (gl) f
• German: Anleitung (de) f, Richtungsweisung f, Handlungsempfehlung f, Orientierungshilfe f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὑφήγησις (huphḗgēsis)

• Hindi: मार्गदर्शन (mārgadarśan), शिक्षण (hi) (śikṣaṇ)
• Indonesian: panduan (id), bimbingan (id)
• Irish: stiúradh m, díriú m
• Italian: guida (it) f, direzione (it) f, orientamento (it) m
• Maori: arahanga, aratakinga
• Old English: lādtēowdōm m, wīsung f
• Persian: راهنمایی (fa) (râhnamâyi)
• Portuguese: orientação (pt) f
• Romanian: direcționare (ro) f, ghidare (ro) f
• Sanskrit: नीति (sa) f (nīti)
• Scottish Gaelic: iùl m, stiùireadh m
• Spanish: dirección (es) f, orientación (es) f, guiamiento m
• Swedish: ledning (sv), rådgivning (sv)
• Tagalog: gabay
• Turkish: rehberlik (tr), kılavuzluk (tr)
• Urdu: رہنمائی (rahnumā'ī)
• Welsh: arweiniad

advice

• Arabic: هِدَايَة (hidāya), إِرْشَاد m (ʔiršād)
• Bengali: হেদায়েত (bn) (hedaẏet)
• Bulgarian: упътване (bg) n (upǎtvane)
• French: conseils (fr) m or pl
• German: Rechtleitung f
• Hindi: सुझाव (hi) (sujhāv), परामर्श (hi) (parāmarś)
• Italian: consiglio (it) m, suggerimento (it) m, consulenza (it) f
• Maori: kupu tohutohu
• Ngazidja Comorian: nyaswia class 10
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: veiledning m or f

• Old English: lādtēowdōm m, wīsung f
• Persian: هدایت (fa)
• Portuguese: orientação (pt) f
• Spanish: consejo (es) m, orientación (es) f, guiamiento m, guiaje m
• Turkish: hidayet (tr), yol gösterme (tr), yönlendirme (tr)
• Urdu: ہدایت f (hidāyat)

system to control the path of a vehicle

• Bulgarian: управление (bg) n (upravlenie)
• French: direction (fr) f
• German: Lenkung (de) f
• Italian: guida (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ajobarî (ku) f

• Portuguese: navegação (pt) f
• Spanish: dirección (es) f, guiamiento m
• Turkish: güdüm (tr)