guidance: Meaning and Definition of

guid•ance

Pronunciation: (gīd'ns), [key]
— n.
  1. the act or function of guiding; leadership; direction.
  2. advice or counseling, esp. that provided for students choosing a course of study or preparing for a vocation.
  3. supervised care or assistance, esp. therapeutic help in the treatment of minor emotional disturbances.
  4. something that guides.
  5. the process by which the flight of a missile or rocket may be altered in speed and direction in response to controls situated either wholly in the projectile or partly at a base.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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