guidance

Other forms of guidance

plural

guidances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about guidance

What does guidance mean?

guidance means "something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in guidance?

guidance has 2 syllables: gui-dance. The stress falls on "gui". In IPA it is /ˈɡaɪdəns/.

What is another word for guidance?

Close synonyms include counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, steering. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is guidance a common word?

guidance is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.