steering

Other forms of steering

plural

steerings·

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 steering

What does steering mean?

steering means "the act of guiding or showing the way". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in steering?

steering has 2 syllables: steer-ing. The stress falls on "steer". In IPA it is /ˈstɪɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for steering?

Close synonyms include guidance, guidance, direction, steerage. 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 steering a common word?

steering is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.